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Installing updates on Ubuntu & Linux Mint

Update Manager is a program that updates all installed software and their associated packages, with important software updates for security or recommended patches. The Update Manager checks for updates regularly and gives you much of the same advatadges as the loved and hated Windows Update functionality in W7.

I see however that a lot of users are troubling with the Update Manager lately! What every you try to update you always get the same error:

Could not apply changes! Fix broken packages first.

To make your way around this problem, you need to update your system manually!

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Which do the following:

1. Update the Package Index: The APT package index is essentially a database of available packages from the repositories defined in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. To update the local package index with the latest changes made in repositories use sudo apt-get update.
2. Upgrade Packages: Over time, updated versions of packages currently installed on your computer may become available from the package repositories (for example security updated). To upgrade your system, first update your package index as outlined above, and use sudo apt-get upgrade:

Once you have run these two command, your Ubuntu or Mint installation should be fit for fight again, and your Update Manager should work fine after a machine restart! 

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