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Upgrade elementary to Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Vervet'

There are two reasons why it's a very bad idea to upgrade. elementary OS 0.3 (Freya) is based on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty). It will almost certainly not work if you were to update to 15.04 - the packages ...
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How to upgrade from elementary OS 5 to 6?

To my huge surprise, I learnt that the only way to move to a new version is to completely re-install the OS. This does not go well with the line "replacement for Windows and macOS", because ...
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Update error (sudo apt-get update)

With reference to your other post, you have followed this AU post. To solve the error open terminal and run: sudo add-apt-repository --remove "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc)...
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Direct update from Freya to Loki?

According to this tweet from the official elementary OS Twitter account, it won't be possible to directly upgrade. A clean install will be required. See also: Should I download loki beta or freya?
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What is the recommended way to upgrade elementary OS 0.3 Freya to 0.4 Loki?

There continues to be no officially supported way to upgrade between version of elementary OS. This is due to the installer being a patched Ubuntu/Debian installer with no custom elementary support ...
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How do I update elementary OS when new versions come out?

For the moment is impossible to upgrade from one version to other, the problem is that they are based in the LTS versions of ubuntu and you can't upgrade from LTS to LTS, I don't know if the ...
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Loki - Where is the update manager?

You can install manually that program with this : sudo apt-get install software-properties-gtk sudo apt-get install update-manager
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Disable AppCenter dock reminder

The AppCenter periodically shows updates because it runs in the background on startup. To disable its notifications, set it to not run on startup: mkdir ~/.config/autostart/ cp /etc/xdg/autostart/io....
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What is the recommended way to update from elementary OS Loki 0.4 to Loki 0.4.1?

Step 1. Update Open up AppCentre Navigate to the Updates tab Install all available updates Reboot if required Now your System Settings > About section should look like the following image. Note ...
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Update from Loki to Juno stable?

While the "suggested" upgrade path is to install Juno from scratch, and if you have your /home as a separate partiton might be the best method to be safe, I've just updated both my PCs with ...
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I am unable to update or install software in the AppCenter

A fix for this specific issue has just been released in the form of a new packagekit version. If this is not applied automatically, you can do it with the following two commands: sudo apt update sudo ...
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Disable AppCenter dock reminder

To the first question, you can open a terminal and type: killall appcenter Now the reminder dessapears from Planck. To the second question, you can try to show all the hidden startup applications. ...
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Upgrade elementary to Ubuntu 15.04 'Vivid Vervet'

As the answers before were not that clear IMHO, here's an answer: No, do not upgrade to the 15.04 base. Freya is built upon 14.04 LTS and only that. elementary OS' repositories do not even contain ...
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The Cursor Mouse disappears after Lock

A temporary solution is - Go to tty1 with CTRL + ALT + F1 then get back to desktop with CTRL + ALT + F7
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Delay to Start Elementary OS 0.4 Loki (64-bit)

This is a known bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1596377 This is the workaround: Significant lag loading panel and dock after login (Loki) mv /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus....
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Why is my Elementary OS Not Updating via terminal / Apps are not updating from App Center?

To solve the problem "public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A74F73EFFE70B91C", import the key: wget -q "http://packages.elementary.io/key.asc" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
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AppCenter can't update Flatpak packages

I have the same situation since yesterday morning. So far I haven't any solution but I found this: According to Hector R on this issue on GitLab Step1 flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform/...
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Can't login after upgrade

I don't have a crystal ball, but I suppose to look for .Xauthority in your home folder, there might be a permission problem: Press CTRL+ALT+F1 (but if you on mackbook do CTRL+FN+F1) to get to a ...
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Requires installation of untrusted packages in elementary OS

Option 1: To solve this install y-ppa-manager.To install open terminal and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager Now run ...
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Upgrading Distro from Luna to Freya

There isn't currently a way to upgrade from one release of elementary OS to another. From the release announcement: elementary OS Luna users should back up their data and perform a clean install. ...
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How can I upgrade from the beta to the stable version of elementary OS?

First install the package that provides add-apt-repository if it's not already installed: sudo apt-get install software-properties-common Next, remove elementary OS Beta PPA and replaced it with the ...
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Freya Wingpanel taking a long time to load after update

I solved this problem by uninstalling the Parental Control plugin in System Settings: sudo apt-get remove switchboard-plug-parental-controls Not sure why.
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Update error elementary OS freya

Open terminal and run the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:versable/elementary-update sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update This should solve your problem. General solution:...
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Direct update from Freya to Loki?

This has already been answered however maybe some keywords need to be added to the original question so it can be found more easily. Please let us know which search terms you tried.
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Is it safe to upgrade to a new ubuntu base with the Software Updater?

Installing this "upgrade" will not update your system to Loki. It will set up elementary OS 0.3.x with the Ubuntu 16.04 base, which will probably not work properly. When Loki is released, you can ...
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Unable to update

It looks like you have enable your CD-rom as part of your sourcelist. You need to disable it. Open the terminal and type (or copy/paste): sudo nano '/etc/apt/sources.list' It should look like this: ...
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Avoid no network issue

Well, quoting this awesome answer on askubuntu, you have to mark the packages on hold: sudo apt-mark hold libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200 That worked for me really great
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New important security and hardware support update

There is no need for these changes to be made within Freya, as the update is being delivered via the update manager. You should upgrade there, or the correct way to upgrade to the Xenial Hardware ...
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package sources and mirror servers in loki

I found out that you can get back the update manager by installing software properties: sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-gtk This will allow you to choose the sources and servers,...
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Why is my Elementary OS Not Updating via terminal / Apps are not updating from App Center?

Following what I've found about these topics, I think you either need to remove the conflicting package, or you need to overwrite it explicitly (I have no idea why its not an option that pops up while ...
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