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Post by daveyjones on Sept 19, 2023 14:23:35 GMT
HI Forum,
A while ago I tried to update and upgrade my computer running Bodhi.
It did something weird (rather - I did something weird).
Since then various apps have stopped working in particular NordVPN and Shotcut.
Both of these are needing a more recent version of GLIBC than I have. However they both work on my other laptop also running most recent version of Bodhi.
I saw a post saying GLIBC was bundled with the distro and not to mess around trying to upgrade it.
I've looked at my distro information and found this:
$ cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="18.04.6 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" I
D=ubuntu ID_LIKE=debian PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04" HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
This is wrong, it should say Bodhi 7.0
How do I get Bodhi back?
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 19, 2023 17:33:53 GMT
Are you sure you didn't install Bodhi 5.1?
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Post by daveyjones on Sept 21, 2023 14:05:13 GMT
I'm honestly not sure what I did. I installed bodhi a while back and I think maybe I changed the dpkg? And now its oberterwritten stuff with the Ubuntu specs
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 21, 2023 14:57:09 GMT
Well Bodhi 5.1 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.x, so it would not be that weird for it to identify itself as Ubuntu; sometimes during apt upgrade you might get a popup about how the update has a release file that's gunna overwrite your modified version or something. But it's still Bodhi, even if it reports itself as Ubuntu....
However if somehow bodhi 7 is saying ubuntu 18, there's no obvious explanation and sounds very odd.
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Post by daveyjones on Sept 21, 2023 20:04:58 GMT
Well Bodhi 5.1 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.x, so it would not be that weird for it to identify itself as Ubuntu; sometimes during apt upgrade you might get a popup about how the update has a release file that's gunna overwrite your modified version or something. But it's still Bodhi, even if it reports itself as Ubuntu.... However if somehow bodhi 7 is saying ubuntu 18, there's no obvious explanation and sounds very odd. That's exactly what happened. I had some weird thing that said "do you want to overwrite the existing file" and I think I pressed yes. The glibc issue is preventing me running both nordvpn and shotcut whoch require 2.29 or later and I only have 2.28. Any idea how to fix? I don't want to do a reimage (I'm actually not sure how to do a brand new install on the partition) but I will if it's the only way |
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Post by wimc on Sept 21, 2023 20:34:02 GMT
I've always typed no when prompted to overwrite an existing file.
In the past, had alway caused something, for yes.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 21, 2023 22:09:52 GMT
I press "D" and look at the difference, and decide which version I want  |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 21, 2023 22:11:33 GMT
The glibc issue is preventing me running both nordvpn and shotcut whoch require 2.29 or later and I only have 2.28. Any idea how to fix? I don't want to do a reimage (I'm actually not sure how to do a brand new install on the partition) but I will if it's the only way
You cannot upgrade glibc without upgrading to a new version of Bodhi, sorry. Unless you're system is 32-bit, suggest installing latest bodhi 7.0 release.
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Post by daveyjones on Sept 22, 2023 21:13:57 GMT
The glibc issue is preventing me running both nordvpn and shotcut whoch require 2.29 or later and I only have 2.28. Any idea how to fix? I don't want to do a reimage (I'm actually not sure how to do a brand new install on the partition) but I will if it's the only way
You cannot upgrade glibc without upgrading to a new version of Bodhi, sorry. Unless you're system is 32-bit, suggest installing latest bodhi 7.0 release.
So, my current laptop is running a windows bodhi dual boot. I can't do the upgrade from within my existing install, I'd have to make a new usb installer, and boot from that then overwright the current bodhi partition? |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 22, 2023 22:39:57 GMT
Yes, that would be one way to do it. Other methods include overwriting the windows partition with Bodhi 7 and keeping Bodhi 5.1 as dualboot, or overwrite the whole drive with Bodhi 7 and no longer dual boot Even better would be buy one of these crazy cheap SSDs and install Bodhi 7 on there, especially if you're on HDD now. |
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Post by daveyjones on Sept 26, 2023 16:12:25 GMT
Yes, that would be one way to do it. Other methods include overwriting the windows partition with Bodhi 7 and keeping Bodhi 5.1 as dualboot, or overwrite the whole drive with Bodhi 7 and no longer dual boot Even better would be buy one of these crazy cheap SSDs and install Bodhi 7 on there, especially if you're on HDD now. As an external drive? It's a 2011 laptop with an HDD 512gb. Do you mean replace it? I'm not sure I could because it's got so much stuff on the windows partition I still need. |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 26, 2023 20:26:00 GMT
Well I was half joking with the overwrite windows partition with bodhi on the original drive But for a laptop, you can replace the internal drive with SSD, sure, and would be a MAJOR improvement. A 512GB SSD can be purchased for less than 25USD. Or move up to a terrabyte for a few bucks more! But as to data on your old drive, if you cannot copy what you want off it before removing it (onto usb flash or the cloud or another machine on network, etc), you could turn that old drive into an external drive. You can buy external housing things you put internal drives in. Or just an adapter to hook it up to eSATA or USB without a housing if its just for occasional use to copy some stuff off. |
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