[PLUG] Xubuntu 18.04 -- Software Updater Problem

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Sat Apr 25 14:57:43 UTC 2020


On 4/25/20 12:07 AM, Lou wrote:
> What a coincidence! A friend who is running Ubuntu 18.04 in his laptop 
> also had the same problem. The update manager said that there is no 
> Internet when there was a working Internet connection.
>
> So, I just opened the terminal for him, and typed
>
>  sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
>
> and run the update through the Terminal, and it worked.
>
> I am not running Ubuntu 18.04, but I suspect there was some kind of 
> regression or new bug introduced in last update. This is just a guess 
> based on my friend's and your experience.

What's the difference between apt dist-upgrade and apt upgrade?

And when I run Software Updater from the menu, is that supposed to do 
both apt update, and apt upgrade or dist-upgrade?

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens





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