Both Update Manager and Add/Remove Applications were doing the same thing to me.
The problem (and solution) was in /etc/hosts. You'll find a line: 127.0.1.1 <hostname>.<domain> Either remove the domain or add a space and a second hostname to the end, like this: 127.0.1.1 <hostname>.<domain> <hostname> -- Update manager could hang when user wants to perform update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
