[RESOLVED] System Upgrade constantly shows in discover

[skyfishgoo]

[RESOLVED]: needed to reinstall the `packagekit` package using synaptic (filtered by "broken") and now the system upgrade item is no longer pending in discover and my system is still on 22.04 where i want it.


using 22.04 LTS but with both backports and backports extra enabled.

configured my system try to hide the KDE demon

but the discover icon constantly shows there are updates even when the only "update" the upGRADE to 24.04... which i do not want to do on this machine.

i've also configured the discover > settings > software settings > updates tab > release upgrade section > set to Never.

yet i cannot quell this nagging insistence.

how do i turn this off?

is it because i have backports enabled that i can't seem to turn it off?

this is what `sudo apt update` looks like

```
Hit:1 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kub...s-extra/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kub...ckports/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
8 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

```

this is what `apt list --upgradable` looks like

```
Listing... Done
libgl1-mesa-dev/jammy-updates 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2]
packagekit/jammy-updates 1.2.5-2ubuntu3 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.2.5-2ubuntu2]
php8.1-cli/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]
php8.1-common/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]
php8.1-gd/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]
php8.1-opcache/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]
php8.1-readline/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]
php8.1-xml/jammy-updates,jammy-security 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 amd64 [upgradable from: 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.19]

```

[Snowhog]

Pretty sure you meant to say "using 22.04 LTS ..." as your sources are all for Jammy. But, you posted this in 24.04 Noble Numbat (LTS). That, and you said "...upGRADE to 24.04... which i do not want to do on this machine."

I've moved this to to Kubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (LTS) > Software Support and corrected the version number in the first sentence.

[skyfishgoo]

I've moved this to to Kubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (LTS) > Software Support and corrected the version number in the first sentence.

yes, and thank you, i must have been looking at the wrong forum header.

any thoughts on the question?

[oshunluvr]

Honestly, I'm not clear on exactly what you want turned off. If you have 8 updates pending, the Discover should show that.

I have know idea what this means: "configured my system try to hide the KDE demon"

[skyfishgoo]

configured my system trAy to hide the KDE demon"[/I]

the KDE demon that big orange upgrade button in the system tray, i've set it to always hidden so it's tucked out of sight at least.

but have to uncheck system upgrade in discover every time there are updates so that it doesn't try to upgrade the system



if i let it try then i get this




and when i run `sudo dpkg --configure -a`, i get this.


```
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of packagekit-tools:
packagekit-tools depends on packagekit (= 1.2.5-2ubuntu3); however:
Package packagekit is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package packagekit-tools (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
packagekit-tools


```

i would rather not be bothered with any of this.


UPDATE: used synaptic to reinstall the packagekit package and now i no longer get the dpkg error

[oshunluvr]

By "system upgrade" if you mean "Release Upgrade" then edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and change Prompt=lts to prompt=never

[oshunluvr]

Your dpkg lock message means you interrupted a package upgrade and you need to fix that before you can upgrade or install anything.