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System Updates (for gihon)

When you log into your ubunty cloud server it will greet you with most of what need to know to keep it up and running.

Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-74-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

  System information as of Thu Apr  7 19:51:52 UTC 2016

  System load:  0.0                Processes:           131
  Usage of /:   70.9% of 29.39GB   Users logged in:     0
  Memory usage: 29%                IP address for eth0: 172.31.16.108
  Swap usage:   0%

  Graph this data and manage this system at:
    https://landscape.canonical.com/

  Get cloud support with Ubuntu Advantage Cloud Guest:
    http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/cloud

13 packages can be updated.
8 updates are security updates.

System restart required Last login: Mon Apr 4 18:58:15 2016 from 71-222-65-56.ptld.qwest.net don@cloud:~$

To update the packages use apt-get update to refresh the package lists. You will need to escalate privilages (become root)

don@cloud:~$ sudo bash
[sudo] password for don: 
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for don: 
root@cloud:~# apt-get update
Ign http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:1 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                 
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release                     
Get:2 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [271 kB]
Get:3 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [152 kB]
Get:4 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [753 kB]
Get:5 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [358 kB]
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en 
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources               
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources           
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages        
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages    
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en        
Hit http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en    
Ign http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US      
Ign http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US  
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]           
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [110 kB]         
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [35.2 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [455 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [126 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Fetched 2,393 kB in 3s (679 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@cloud:~#

once this is done you can update all of the installed packages to the currently supported versions by using the dist-upgrade command.

root@cloud:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.13.0-76 linux-headers-3.13.0-76-generic
  linux-headers-3.13.0-77 linux-headers-3.13.0-77-generic
  linux-image-3.13.0-76-generic linux-image-3.13.0-77-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-3.13.0-85 linux-headers-3.13.0-85-generic
  linux-image-3.13.0-85-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt apt-transport-https apt-utils libapt-inst1.5 libapt-pkg4.12 libpq5
  linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual
  linux-libc-dev linux-virtual postgresql-9.3 postgresql-client-9.3
  postgresql-contrib-9.3 postgresql-doc-9.3
15 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 33.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 120 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
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Get:2 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main apt amd64 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 [954 kB]
Get:3 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libapt-inst1.5 amd64 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 [58.6 kB]
Get:4 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-image-3.13.0-85-generic amd64 3.13.0-85.129 [15.2 MB]
Get:5 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main apt-utils amd64 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 [172 kB]
Get:6 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main apt-transport-https amd64 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 [25.1 kB]
Get:7 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpq5 amd64 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 [78.5 kB]
Get:8 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-headers-3.13.0-85 all 3.13.0-85.129 [8,887 kB]
Get:9 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-headers-3.13.0-85-generic amd64 3.13.0-85.129 [707 kB]
Get:10 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-virtual amd64 3.13.0.85.91 [1,778 B]
Get:11 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-image-virtual amd64 3.13.0.85.91 [2,240 B]
Get:12 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-headers-virtual amd64 3.13.0.85.91 [1,756 B]
Get:13 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-headers-generic amd64 3.13.0.85.91 [2,230 B]
Get:14 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-85.129 [775 kB]
Get:15 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-contrib-9.3 amd64 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 [401 kB]
Get:16 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-client-9.3 amd64 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 [785 kB]
Get:17 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-9.3 amd64 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 [2,691 kB]
Get:18 http://us-west-2.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main postgresql-doc-9.3 all 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 [1,780 kB]
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Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-9.3_9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04_amd64.deb ...
 * Stopping PostgreSQL 9.3 database server                                                                            [ OK ] 
Unpacking postgresql-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) over (9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-doc-9.3_9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04_all.deb ...
Unpacking postgresql-doc-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) over (9.3.11-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for postgresql-common (154ubuntu1) ...
Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages...
Removing obsolete dictionary files:
Setting up libapt-inst1.5:amd64 (1.0.1ubuntu2.12) ...
Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-85-generic (3.13.0-85.129) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-85-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-85-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-85-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-85-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/x-grub-legacy-ec2 3.13.0-85-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-83-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-79-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-76-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-74-generic
Replacing config file /run/grub/menu.lst with new version
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-85-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-85-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-83-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-83-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-79-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-79-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-76-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-76-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-74-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-74-generic
done
Setting up apt-utils (1.0.1ubuntu2.12) ...
Setting up apt-transport-https (1.0.1ubuntu2.12) ...
Setting up libpq5 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-85 (3.13.0-85.129) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.13.0-85-generic (3.13.0-85.129) ...
Setting up linux-image-virtual (3.13.0.85.91) ...
Setting up linux-headers-generic (3.13.0.85.91) ...
Setting up linux-headers-virtual (3.13.0.85.91) ...
Setting up linux-virtual (3.13.0.85.91) ...
Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.13.0-85.129) ...
Setting up postgresql-client-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Setting up postgresql-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
 * Starting PostgreSQL 9.3 database server                                                                            [ OK ] 
Setting up postgresql-contrib-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Setting up postgresql-doc-9.3 (9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.7) ...

If one of the updates includes a kernel or if system restart required a system reboot should be scheduled.