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    Thread: Updates Error - PPA (App Grid)
Post: RE: Updates Error - PPA (App Grid)

A PPA (Personal Package Archive) is a personal repository that a software developer can use to distribute their software outside of the usual official repository system.  The error message posted aris...
stevef Updates 5 1,902 05-05-2025, 08:28 PM
    Thread: Updates Error - PPA (App Grid)
Post: RE: Updates Error - PPA (App Grid)

The version of Linux Lite being used is noble based.  The App Grid PPA software does not have a release compatible with noble.  This conflict is causing the update process to error. The incompatibl...
stevef Updates 5 1,902 05-04-2025, 08:20 PM
    Thread: Could not fetch the package cache information lists - multiple key problems
Post: RE: Could not fetch the package cache information ...

Your first post shows the system reporting multiple problems with verifying software.  It is difficult to guess how the system has got into that condition.  To try to work out what is happening, pleas...
stevef Updates 3 1,113 04-26-2025, 01:47 PM
    Thread: Installing free proton vpn on lite
Post: RE: Installing free proton vpn on lite

Sorry to hear you are having problems.  I don't have protonvpn, but can try to guide if you provide more detail. Other people have reported success when following the instructions here. https://prot...
stevef Installing Software 1 1,094 04-26-2025, 06:14 AM
    Thread: Language Support How To
Post: RE: Language Support How To

Christopher, Welcome to the forum. It's not really clear what you are describing but try looking at the keyboard layout GUI. This is found by clicking 'Menu' then 'Settings' then 'Keyboard' Selec...
stevef Installing Linux Lite 11 85,635 04-19-2025, 09:57 PM
    Thread: Cannot update due to "shim-signed"
Post: RE: Cannot update due to "shim-signed"

It appears that your system is missing a  script (named grub-multi-install) which is called by the shim-signed upgrade process.  As the script is missing, the upgrade process crashes.  The script loca...
stevef Updates 3 955 04-04-2025, 09:53 AM
    Thread: Cannot update due to "shim-signed"
Post: RE: Cannot update due to "shim-signed"

What do these commands show ? Code: -- ls -l /usr/lib/grub -- Code: -- file /usr/lib/grub/grub-multi-install --
stevef Updates 3 955 04-03-2025, 11:03 PM
    Thread: Can't upgrade - 'deferred due to phasing' and 'kept back'
Post: RE: Can't upgrade packages on linux.

Your post has been moved to the updates section of the forum. There's nothing really to solve. The "upgrades have been deferred due to phasing" message means there is an upgrade in the pipeline,...
stevef Updates 2 1,345 04-03-2025, 04:28 PM
    Thread: lite-software CRASHING
Post: RE: lite-software CRASHING

Thank you, seems like it might be skipping an important stage. Can you open a terminal again and provide the result of this command. Code: -- inxi -Fxxxrz -- Post the results back to show us inform...
stevef Installing Software 4 1,412 04-02-2025, 05:19 PM
    Thread: lite-software CRASHING
Post: RE: lite-software CRASHING

Ant, Welcome to the forum.  I've moved your post from Release Announcements to the Installing Software section. To get a bit more information about what may be happening, please try running the ap...
stevef Installing Software 4 1,412 04-02-2025, 04:17 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 7.4 Final Released
Post: RE: Linux Lite 7.4 Final Released

Upgraded yesterday. Smooth process. No problems so far. Thank you.
stevef Release Announcements 2 10,376 04-01-2025, 05:24 AM
    Thread: updates - Could not get lock
Post: RE: updates - Could not get lock

That message indicates that there is already a package management process running when a second one has tried to start. A package manager requires exclusive access to update resources and will lock t...
stevef Updates 1 958 03-19-2025, 06:10 AM
    Thread: Помогите пожалуйста, как установить русский язык?
Post: RE: Помогите пожалуйста, как установить русский яз...

Apologies for replying in English. Following the instructions at this link https://www.linuxliteos.com/manual/install.html#setlang Worked ok to set languages on my system.
stevef Russian [Russian] 2 1,745 03-16-2025, 01:38 PM
    Thread: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released
Post: RE: Linux Lite 7.4 RC1 Released

Thank you, had this working for 6 days - no problems so far. Launching Chrome from the Live media worked for me.
stevef Release Announcements 6 5,515 03-06-2025, 07:19 AM
    Thread: Je ne peux plus faire des mises à jour
Post: RE: Je ne peux plus faire des mises à jour

Your error messages indicates your system may have conflicting values for verifying the signal software. It is not obvious how this could have happened from those instructions. We can try to sort t...
stevef French [French] 3 2,453 03-06-2025, 07:16 AM
    Thread: Je ne peux plus faire des mises à jour
Post: RE: Je ne peux plus faire des mises à jour

Apologies for responding in English. Welcome. What instructions did you follow to install signal ? Can you provide a link we can check ? If you have only been using Linux for one day, the qu...
stevef French [French] 3 2,453 03-05-2025, 05:19 PM
    Thread: Install Updates Error Log - archive canonical no release
Post: RE: Install Updates Error Log - archive canonical ...

Did your system update ok originally when first installed ? Err:11 suggests an unexpected repository has been added to your system - specifically http://archive.canonical.com The update/upgrade...
stevef Updates 1 1,463 03-05-2025, 03:53 PM
    Thread: Unable to install updates - spotify repository key
Post: RE: [email protected]

Looks like the spotify security key needs updating (or adding). Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl Alt and T together. Enter this command to get the new spotify key and install it. Code: -- sudo c...
stevef Updates 1 1,001 02-28-2025, 09:42 AM
    Thread: Brave install
Post: RE: Brave install

Quote: -- I am new to linux so decided to try Linuxlite -- Welcome. Sorry to hear you are having problems installing brave, but with the information provided it's only possible to guess at what i...
stevef Installing Software 2 2,941 02-20-2025, 07:36 PM
    Thread: Hello
Post: RE: Hello

Welcome to the forum. It is interesting that your machine is capable of running the latest version of LL. Hope you get many more years use from it.
stevef Introductions 3 6,854 02-14-2025, 05:32 PM