Problem updating Ubuntu in OVH server

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Originally Posted by kross

Don't waste your time and reinstall your server.

By the way, those guys who're saying Debian and Ubuntu are buggies are just poor admins.
Some of my customers and I are using these distro on our servers. The only one who has severe bugs (amongst those distro provided by OVH) is the 64bits version of Ubuntu.

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I agree.

I would also go with Debian/GNU Linux. 4.0 Etch if possible. And start using aptitude in lieu of apt-get.

I reinstalled the server.
For the people who want to run their seedboxes with Ubuntu 8.04. These are the steps to update your system properly:

1. Run this command:

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sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade -y

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2. Get the latest security updates as usual through the Update Manager:
System > Administration > Update Manager

If you skip step 1 you will get the same problem I had :P. I hope this help some people, thanks to 222Mhz.

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aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

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should include all security updates as well.

I run the Update manager soon after the sudo aptitude command, and there were 7 security updates available yet.

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sudo aptitude full-upgrade

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