Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 LTS fresh install errors in apt install and upgrade

[Liam Proven]

On 04/02/2025 16:35, Ian Bruntlett wrote:

> So, would the better approach be:
> $ sudo apt update
> $ sudo apt full-upgrade

Well, that's what *I* do. I am not asserting that I am a guru of this 
stuff. I suppose if you're about to add a package you could ensure it 
doesn't waste time removing stuff you then need to add back by doing:

apt update
apt full-upgrade -y
apt install $WHATEVER
apt autoremove


> My only update disaster occurred on upgrading a system from Ubuntu 22.04.x
> to Ubuntu 24.04.1 when I chose to let the system ("Software Updater" aka
> update-manager) uninstall obsolete packages.

Oh my. Nasty.

>  Not sure what, if anything,
> went wrong. I took the opportunity to move that system to Xubuntu because
> it only has 4GiB RAM.

What did you switch from, and how?

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