Mint update manager help pls.

[WelshBloke]

I cant get Mint to update.

I've tried the update manager, synaptic, and apt-get and they all fail to load some packages.

I've also tried various repositories but get the same problems. I get slightly less failed or constantly queued packages on some but they all fail on a few.

It probably doesnt help that I'm doing my occasional "dip a toe into Linux to see if it all works yet" and am a noob at it, but it doesnt give a great impression.

Cheers.

 

[nakedfrog]

You ought to mention which version you're running...

 

[Essence_of_War]

Yeah, version, what hardware you're running, what specific error messages you're getting when you're trying to carry out specific actions.

Everyone here would be glad to help if you can give us more information.

 

[WelshBloke]

Sorry. Just wondered if there was a common problem involving the update servers.

Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon 64 bit
It's dual booting with Win10 on an acer 1810tz.

 

[lxskllr]

Any custom repos? Sounds like you're hitting out of date repositories.

 

[WelshBloke]

Any custom repos? Sounds like you're hitting out of date repositories.

Only the one that chrome installs, but I got rid of that one.

I only need chrome because it streams from plex better than firefox, I dont need it up to date.

 

[lxskllr]

Synaptic should say which repos are failing. I'd search those, and see if there's a documented issue. Disable third party repos you don't need and/or revert all to default.

I don't use Mint, but generally, a distro's default repos will be reliable. Third party/unofficial repos can require more maintenance, and give more errors (old signing keys, server down, repos expired...)

 

[WelshBloke]

I think I've got it sorted. I managed to get apt-get upgrade to work.

I suspect it was a problem with my router, I had forgotton that I had some parental controls linked to the laptops MAC. It was set to block peer to peer stuff. Would that do it?

Anyway thanks for the help. That is the best thing about Linux, theres always someone willing to help.

Even if that help starts getting very involved ,very quickly.

 

[lxskllr]

It could if you block ftp. I don't think Mint uses any bittorrent-like protocol. There's been some experiments along that line, but afaik, nothing pushed to production. You could check the block definitions, and see what jumps out as being relevant.