Hello my name is Terrence Simpson.
Welcome to this tutorial on how to install updates for Kubuntu.
The KDE version of Ubuntu.
In this tutorial I will be using the Adept Update Manager
on a default install of Kubuntu to install some updates.
The first thing you will need to do is log into the system.
After you have done that we will continue with the tutorial.
As you can see, there is an icon in the bottom right of the screen,
which tells that there are seven updates currently available.
The way you get to these updates is by clicking on that icon, to open the Adept Update Manager.
What you will notice first is that you will asked for a password.
You just type in your normal user password
and then you click on the Ok button.
After that Adept will continue to load up,
Once Adept has loaded, you will see two buttons in the bottom right of the window.
These are Fetch List of Updates and Skip Fetching List.
The Fetch List of Updates button will go on-line and check for any updates that adept does not know about
and Skip Fetching List will skip that step.
So I am just going go and check for any new updates by clicking on that button.
See, it checks all of the archives.
Once it has done that, you will be presented with a list of all the updates
and two buttons in the bottom right saying Apply Updates and Forget Changes and Quit.
If you click on the Apply Updates button it will just apply all of those updates,
but you can also decide which ones you want and which ones you do not
by clicking on the blue arrow to the left of the package name.
You also get a description of the packages
and also the size and the version it is going to be upgraded to
You can also click on the Cancel Changes button, which will change that it is not updated
as you can see in the requests column, the status has changed from upgrade to no change.
I am just going to turn off a few of these updates
If you are wondering why I am turning off a few of these updates,
it is because I am going to show you an alternative way getting updates,
besides the Adept Update Manger.
So I am going to leave just one of the updates to be upgraded
and cancel the rest.
Once that is done, click on apply updates.
I've downloaded the update and now it is going to start to install that for me.
There is also a button there, which says Show Details, that will open up a window,
which will show you what is going on in the background with the package.
Still get the progress bar, if you click on the Hide Details button it will close that little window.
If you do not want to watch it you do not have to.
So that is whizzing along and soon that is installed.
Okay, now that is done Adept will refresh itself
and then it will say Update Complete and you can quit out of the update manager.
Now the alternative way of getting the rest of the six updates,
it is by going going to the K menu
and going up to System, then clicking Adept Manager Manage Packages.
That will load the Adept Package Manger up.
Once again you will have to type in your password to open the up Adept Package Manager
and then it will continue to load up.
The interface to the Adept Package Manager is a bit different to the Update Manager,
so I will show you around that once it has loaded up.
As you can see, you get a bigger list of packages.
You can use the Adept Package Manager to install and uninstall package as well.
Also refresh the list of packages in the same way as in the Update Manager
by clicking on the Fetch Updates List button.
Once that is done you notice the button that says Full Upgrade.
That means that there are packages available to be upgraded,
if you click on that it will mark all of the packages to be upgraded.
You will see which packages it has marked up by clicking Preview Changes.
In there again you can disable packages that you want to,
I'm just going to click on Apply Changes to get it to apply all of them.
It goes and downloads them for you and then it will start to install them as well.
You also have the same button in this version of Adept as you did in the Update Manager version,
the Show details button, which allows you to get a view of what is going on in the background.
Just click on that, see it gives you lots of information about what is going on
If you do not want to watch it again, you do not have to,
but some people like to to know exactly what is going on in their system.
and then that is done.
You will notice as well that the icon in the bottom of the screen has disappeared,
which tells you that all of the packages have been upgraded
and the system is fully up to date.
You can also choose where the packages come from,
these are called repositories, they are usually online,
but you can also add CDs to it,
by going to the Adept menu and then clicking on manage repositories.
See another window opens up here,
it gives you a list of all of the repositories you have.
I have got a CD-ROM in there,
If you highlight it and then right-click it and click on enable,
you will see that the grey text turned to black text.
If you click on the reset button it will send it back to the default.
You can also (once it is enabled) right-click it and click on disable
Once you have made any changes and you want to save that
you click on the Apply button and then you click on Close
and then you would have to fetch the updates again to refresh the package list
and that is about it for keeping your system up to date.
So I am just going to quit out of Adept.
Seeing as there are not more packages to upgraded, I am just going to log out.
and that is the end of how to keep your system up to date.
Thanks for watching and do not forget to check out ubuntu-uk.org
and if you have any questions, feel free to email me at the address on screen.
There are also some great resources at ubuntu.com,
kubuntu.org and also the Kubuntu forums at kubuntuforums.org