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João Pimentel Ferreira
Asked: 2019-01-10 15:38:54 +0800 CST

Upgrades available but after clicking install nothing happens

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I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS and this red triangle sign (top right on the image) appears often, and when I click there and then click Install all updates nothing happens. This occurs often and is a burden.

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What exactly does it mean that red triangle and when does it appear? That there are updates, or upgrades?

shall I do?

sudo apt-get update -y
updates terminology 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Now I understand the problem, because it's merely a problem of terminology.

    What ubuntu in the top right corner GUI defines as "install updates" it's not solved by the command sudo apt update because this command merely downloads the latest version of available packages, but it's solved by sudo apt upgrade, which indeed install new versions of the packages already installed.

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