I show 109 Updates but Kubuntu Discover shows 0 upgrades

[reb81]

I have Kubuntu 16.10 (64) and in the status bar my upgrades show 109. When I go to install upgrades Discover shows 0 upgrades. when I go to Software Updater I get Failed to Download Repository Information/ Check you Internet connection. I am on line in Firefox at this time and my Thunderbird is working so I must have an Internet connection. Where should I look next?
Thank You.
Dick Barmann

[GreyGeek]

Open a Konsole and issue

sudp apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade

[Snowhog]

Don't use Discover for package management. Open a konsole instead and type:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

hehe. Like minds, eh GG?

[GreyGeek]

Snowhog, beat ya by a whisker!

[oldgeek]

Is the command sudo apt full-upgrade or sudo apt dist-upgrade?

[vinnywright]

Is the command sudo apt full-upgrade or sudo apt dist-upgrade?

if using apt ,,,it's full-upgrade ,,,,,if using apt-get ,,,it's dist-upgrade .

so it's

sudo apt full-upgrade

or

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

+ you should always update the package cache with "update" first (update is the same in both apt and apt-get)

so the command you actualy want to use is ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade

or

sudo apt update && sudo apt  full-upgrade

SO GG has a typo in post# 2


VINNY

[claydoh]

Failed to Download Repository Information/ Check you Internet connection.

is one clue

I am on line in Firefox at this time and my Thunderbird is working so I must have an Internet connection

is another

Don't be so quick to blame the package managers!

It very well can be a bad repo/ppa entry that causes this error message, for one thing, or a mirror not responding, or other things.
We will know one Mr Barman responds with his terminal output

[GreyGeek]

Yup, mea culpa. My fingers do what they want and my brain isn't smart enough to catch it any more


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[woodsmoke]

this happens in both Kubuntu and Neon
woodsmoke