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user430
Asked: 2016-12-01 04:54:50 +0800 CST

After maunual apt-get upgrade, Software Updater still wants me to update

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I run Xubuntu Xenial, did a manual sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. After that the Software Updater still pops up and ask me to install 68 MB of Ubuntu base updates. Why did the manual upgrade missed it?

16.04

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    man apt-get:

    upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available.

    TL;DR: Some of the upgrades require the installation of new packages, and apt-get upgrade won't do that. You may consider apt-get dist-upgrade.

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