Synaptic glitch
Hello- I have a glitch with Synaptic. If I run "mark all upgrades" it reports that numerous upgrades are available. But the upgrades have already been installed.
Basically, Synaptic is telling me to upgrade from the current version to the current version. Screenshot attached. Do I have an incorrect setting somewhere? Software Updater reports that the system is up to date. Thanks.
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I had a similar problem last week. I ran these commands and it was resolved.
sudo aptitude update
sudo apt list --upgradable
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt-get autoclean
It was trying to upgrade Abrowser to a version older than what I already had.
Thanks, but that didn't work. Sudo apt update shows all packages are up to date, but Synaptic still marks numerous upgrades (which are not upgrades at all.) I reloaded Synaptic's package information and that didn't help, I also checked the Repositories and Synaptic is pulling from the same one as Software and Updates.
Not sudo apt update
but try
sudo aptitude update
see https://www.tecmint.com/difference-between-apt-and-aptitude/
"Whereas apt-get needs another apt’s variant i.e. apt-cache to search for a package, Aptitude provides much easier and efficient way to search for a package which is either installed or present in repository but yet to be installed."
I think the problem maybe related to how apt gets and uses its cache.
Many thanks for relying, but no luck.
I tried running sudo aptitude update and the results are the same. Synaptic still shows dozens of upgrades to exactly the same file.
Shookins!
English is not my first language. What does 'Shookins' mean? Is it similar to saying 'Shooks!'?
Sorry about that, it's a variation of shucks.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shucks
Definition of shucks
—used especially to express mild disappointment or embarrassment shucks, it was nothing
and maybe I am the only one who uses this variation.
Seriously though, I think I had the same issue, https://trisquel.info/en/forum/failed-abrowser-updates
It seems like it was failing to find an Abrowser version I couldn't even locate looking at the repository.
Maybe do 'sudo apt-get clean' first and try again. Because if it's seeking something that's not there it is basing it's search on some faulty information that it got and stored (is what I think). But honestly there are much more knowledgeable folks here. Someone should be able to help get to the bottom of this.