[DESKTOP] Update icon but 0 updates

[steve7233]

The update icon shows on the tray, but clicking on it Shows no updates in discover. I just ran an update a few minutes ago.

[NickStone]

In the terminal do:

sudo apt update | sudo apt upgrade

It will give you a better indication of any updates available

[chimak111]

The point being made, I think, is that the update icon shouldn't appear if there aren't updates available. If one updates via the terminal, the icon sticks around.

[SpecialEd]

The point being made, I think, is that the update icon shouldn't appear if there aren't updates available. If one updates via the terminal, the icon sticks around.

Is that something new? That's not how it works on my system. Regardless of how I update the update icon goes away.

[steve7233]

Is that something new? That's not how it works on my system. Regardless of how I update the update icon goes away.

Now that I think about, I have seen other posts where people report that the icon sticks around after updating.

[steve7233]

As you can see the icon shows an update but discover can't find any.

[jlittle]

In the terminal do:

sudo apt update | sudo apt upgrade

That doesn't look sensible. Don't you mean

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Piping the output of apt update into apt upgrade might well work, I suppose, because apt will ignore it, but more by accident than by purpose.

As well, I prefer apt full-upgrade to apt upgrade; some upgrades supposedly don't work with just upgrade, but since I haven't done just upgrade for a decade I wouldn't know.

[steve7233]

That doesn't look sensible. Don't you mean

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Piping the output of apt update into apt upgrade might well work, I suppose, because apt will ignore it, but more by accident than by purpose.

As well, I prefer apt full-upgrade to apt upgrade; some upgrades supposedly don't work with just upgrade, but since I haven't done just upgrade for a decade I wouldn't know.

Do you really need the second sudo command since you are executing two commands at the same line with?

This doesn't solve the problem it's just a workaround. The Ubuntu devs need to get out the bug spray.

[MoonRise]

Truly I can report the same has occurred here many, many times. For me, a reboot usually resolves that but I don't really think that should be necessary.

[Qqmike]

I have always had these issues in 14.04. I ignore the issue (ignore the update icon). Or, I open Muon, Check for Updates, then either take those updates or close Muon and see what happens with the update icon. I ignore this issue and/or play with it. Either way, it resolves itself "soon." This issue only happens rarely, and only intermittently. For some unknown reasons.

[kubicle]

Do you really need the second sudo command since you are executing two commands at the same line with?

Yes you do need the second "sudo". They are two separate commands, even if they are run consecutively from the same line.

[oldgeek]

The only time I have had that problem is when there are security updates. Apparently the update notifier doesn't realize that the red-dot security updates were done, and puts a blue-dot icon in the task bar. A reboot gets rid of it.

[NickStone]

That doesn't look sensible. Don't you mean

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Piping the output of apt update into apt upgrade might well work, I suppose, because apt will ignore it, but more by accident than by purpose.

As well, I prefer apt full-upgrade to apt upgrade; some upgrades supposedly don't work with just upgrade, but since I haven't done just upgrade for a decade I wouldn't know.

Yes your right, I couldn't remember the syntax