[xubuntu-users] Updating not working

[Andy Proctor]

On 29/07/15 23:02, John R. Sowden wrote:
> Every day I get a message that there are updates pending.  I click on 
> install, and it starts, then about 5 seconds later it stops and the 
> window closes. No error message, etc.  Also the Software Updater does 
> not work.  I am running xubuntu version 14.04 LTS
>
>
> John
>
>
Hello John,

Have you tried updating from a command line?

 > sudo apt-get update

followed by

 > sudo apt-get upgrade

Any error messages or problems should be indicated in the terminal which 
may help identify (or even rectify) the issue.

Thanks

Andy