# apt upgrade keeps freezing

**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/apt-upgrade-keeps-freezing/3832
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [10 February 2020 14:38 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/apt-upgrade-keeps-freezing/3832 "2020-02-10T14:38:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![ghettopi](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ghettopi](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/ghettopi)
#### Post date: [10 February 2020 14:38 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/apt-upgrade-keeps-freezing/3832/1 "2020-02-10T14:38:05Z")

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At this section:

```nohighlight
Unpacking raspberrypi-bootloader (1.20200205-1) over (1.20200114-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../17-libss2_1.44.5-1+deb10u3_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking libss2:armhf (1.44.5-1+deb10u3) over (1.44.5-1+deb10u2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../18-libtimedate-perl_2.3000-2+deb10u1_all.deb ...
Unpacking libtimedate-perl (2.3000-2+deb10u1) over (2.3000-2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../19-openssl_1.1.1d-0+deb10u2+rpt1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking openssl (1.1.1d-0+deb10u2+rpt1) over (1.1.1d-0+deb10u2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../20-raspberrypi-kernel-headers_1.20200205-1_armhf.deb ...
Unpacking raspberrypi-kernel-headers (1.20200205-1) over (1.20200114-1) ...

Progress: [48%] [###########################...............................]

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Any ideas why this could be happening?

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### Author: ![ghettopi](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ghettopi](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/ghettopi)
#### Post date: [10 February 2020 14:39 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/apt-upgrade-keeps-freezing/3832/2 "2020-02-10T14:39:06Z")

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Nvm, seems it works. It just took a long time, like a really, really long time. htop wasn’t showing any CPU activity but somehow it took over 30 minutes.

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### Author: ![Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/joulinar/32/57_2.png) [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [10 February 2020 17:08 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/apt-upgrade-keeps-freezing/3832/3 "2020-02-10T17:08:35Z")

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well this was a kernel upgrade. Depending on the device, it could take a while.