sudo apt -f install helps sometimes On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:44 AM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 07:41 Dick Steffens <[email protected]> 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@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@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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
