All apps not showing on Ubuntu 16.04's Software Center

[Colin Law]

On 12 August 2016 at 17:48, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:19 AM, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 08/11/2016 02:28 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't think this was my problem. They look different enough that I
>>>> know I
>>>> was observing the problem in the new Gnome Ubuntu Software app. Before I
>>>> posted here I did some googling.  I couldn't find my problem but other
>>>> people were having problems with it.  A lot of them would come back and
>>>> say
>>>> their problem went away on it's own. I am guessing that a reboot fixed
>>>> it
>>>> for me.
>>>
>>>
>>> That does sound like a bug.  To prove it one would have to go through
>>> the update again, which is a bit tricky.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>
>  On a slight tangent, after upgrading my systems from 14.04 Trusty to 16.04
> Xenial, I have noticed that the updates indicator in the new Ubuntu Software
> application doesn't mesh with the indicators in the old Software Updater
> [which is launched using the command: update-manager
>
> I find that you can run the update-manager and it gives a lot of detail
> about the updates, as it always has, but even after running it, the updates
> indicator in Ubuntu Software. They may even be completely different updates
> (the new application has so little information it's hard to tell).
>
> I have not yet seen an explanation of the differences between the new update
> tool vs. the old. I suppose there's no way to view the software updates and
> see the status in detail as you could using the old tool. When I think to, I
> run both, but I can't tell what the new one is doing different, if anything.

I rarely use the GUI so not exactly sure what you mean by view the
software updates and see the status in detail, but possibly running,
in a terminal
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
will tell you what you want. I much prefer that way as I like to see
exactly what is happening.

Colin


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