System Update froze - UbuntuMATE 16-04

[Bret Busby]

On 23/06/2018, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> hi,
> Am Samstag, den 23.06.2018, 02:38 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:
> ...
> lots and lots of stuff about having hacked around the proper upgrade
> process to apply it "in pieces" (nobody knows what you did here since
> you didnt tell us)
> ...

Okay then...

One partial update, was deselecting the update components that did not
include the name firefox - so as to upgrade firefox, and nothing else.

I deselected the Ubuntu base part, as that required about 500 of the
600 or700MB of free space, which is not available.

I do not remember what other components, exactly, were to be updated,
although, from menory, some Perl stuff was there.

So, I did it with each step involving what appeared to be related components.

But, and, I emphasise, I believe that I explicitly stated that the
progressive update in parts, was done on my souper dooper computer,
and, not the one that was harmed by attempting the full software
update.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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