Synaptic has a button to (essentially) run "apt update" It's in the upper left
corner of the window and labeled "Reload" and if you hover over it, it says
"reload the package information to become informed about new, removed or
upgraded software packages".
HTH!
Rick
Reload the package information to be aware of
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>> Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I should
>> always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
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Synaptic is a graphical front end for *apt*
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:32:43 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price wrote:
Hello Roger,
>Thanks to all those who replied. It should have seen and understood
>"reload"
To be fair, it's not immediately obvious what Reload does. It could just
be the displayed list of packages, for example. Especially if
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:13:55 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price wrote:
always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
No, just hit Synaptic's reload button.
Thanks to all those who replied. It should have seen and understood "reload".
Roger
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:45:17 +0200 (CEST), Roger Price wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2021, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 20:13:55 +0200, Roger Price wrote:
> >
> > > Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I
> > > should always run ap
On Sun, 15 Aug 2021 20:13:55 +0200 (CEST)
Roger Price wrote:
Hello Roger,
>always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
No, just hit Synaptic's reload button.
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2021, Brian wrote:
On Sun 15 Aug 2021 at 20:13:55 +0200, Roger Price wrote:
Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I should
always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
Some experiments suggest that this is the case.
You would have
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On Sunday, August 15, 2021 12:13 PM, Roger Price wrote:
> Does this mean that synaptic does not call apt update, and that I should
> always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
Not sure,
sions available: »
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> Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I
> should always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
>
> Some experiments suggest that this is the case.
>
No idea if things have changed recently, but I have in the
sions available: »
>
> Does this mean that synaptic does _not_ call apt update, and that I should
> always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
>
> Some experiments suggest that this is the case.
You would have to describe the experiments to have anywhere near a
conv
, and that I should
always run apt update manually before clicking on synaptic?
Some experiments suggest that this is the case.
Roger
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