[PLUG] Xubuntu 18.04 -- Software Updater Problem

Nat Taylor bioborg at gmail.com
Sun Apr 26 19:53:45 UTC 2020


sudo apt -f install
helps sometimes

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:44 AM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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