[PLUG] Xubuntu 18.04 -- Software Updater Problem

[Tomas Kuchta]

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 07:41 Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 4/26/20 1:22 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> > For what it is worth it, dist-upgrade is used to upgrade your
> distribution
> > from 18.04.2 to 18.04.3 .... to 20.04 to ....
> >
> > Update - refreshes your repository data.
> >
> > Upgrade - upgrades your current distribution to the latest
> patches/versions.
> >
> > When you update+upgrade from command line, the GUI is not updated until
> you
> > restart it or refresh it somehow. Some GUIs have some way to check for
> > updates. That is why it was up to date after you restarted it.
>
> When I run lsb_release -a I get:
>
> rsteff at ENU-1:~$ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
> Release:    18.04
> Codename:    bionic
> rsteff at ENU-1:~$
>
> I don't recall restarting, so I just did that.
>
>
Restarting the updater GUI was the idea. The gui uses the apt commands
mentioned here. As long as they work. You are updated, whether your gui is
acting dodgy or not.

>
Still shows Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, which I expected.
>
> Also running Software Updater still fails, then works.
>
> Other projects are in front of digging deeper for now.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts and help.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
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