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July 9, 2012
Linux Talk: Repository Rosaries
I just had an issue on a fresh install of Ubuntu. The package manager refused to install updates claiming that "The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources." I browsed the forums of course, as any (in this case, Linux) geek would. Some answers required checking and unchecking repositories in the settings, while others involved GPG Public Keys. My solution however, was found on this page. Running these commands in the terminal solved my issue:
One of the posters on the page was also thankful for the solution, but questioned why the Ubuntu installer didn't just "do the right thing" from the get-go. I wonder that too, and its these little things that really turn off a non-power-user from the many benefits of an open and free modern operating system.
I was setting up this system for a family member, and had she encountered this on her own, she would have been unable to solve it and I would have been rightfully embarrassed after promulgating the benefits of Ubuntu Linux over the Windows partition it wiped out and replaced.
Linux is getting better in terms of being user-friendly, and Ubuntu is really helping us get there, but we need to do better if we are to replace the current monopolistic, closed-source system which still sadly rules desktops and notebooks today. Being gratis cannot be an excuse, even if it is unfair to expect so much for nothing. That said, I'm really happy with how everything else is working, and I expect she won't have much trouble using her new OS now.
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgradeThat's probably a little redundant, so feel free to refine your commands, but that's what worked for me while I crossed my toes and wore my lucky penguin chain, so I'm sticking to it.
sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
One of the posters on the page was also thankful for the solution, but questioned why the Ubuntu installer didn't just "do the right thing" from the get-go. I wonder that too, and its these little things that really turn off a non-power-user from the many benefits of an open and free modern operating system.
I was setting up this system for a family member, and had she encountered this on her own, she would have been unable to solve it and I would have been rightfully embarrassed after promulgating the benefits of Ubuntu Linux over the Windows partition it wiped out and replaced.
Linux is getting better in terms of being user-friendly, and Ubuntu is really helping us get there, but we need to do better if we are to replace the current monopolistic, closed-source system which still sadly rules desktops and notebooks today. Being gratis cannot be an excuse, even if it is unfair to expect so much for nothing. That said, I'm really happy with how everything else is working, and I expect she won't have much trouble using her new OS now.
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