[Other] need help fixing my updates

[creeperskinmaker]

when ruining discovers update prompt everything updates expect "odbcinst1debian2 (2.3.7) its been like this for 2 weeks

[Snowhog]

Close Discover. Open Konsole. Type: sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade then press Enter.

[creeperskinmaker]

weird didn't fix it i think this line may be the reason

[FONT=monospace]The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/mdeslaur/steamos/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file. [/FONT]
[FONT=monospace]N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. [/FONT]
[FONT=monospace]N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.[/FONT][FONT=monospace][/FONT]

[claydoh]

What is the rest of the output, regarding odbcinst1debian2 in particular?

Launchpad is down at the moment, and that might explain the Release file error, as PPA are stored there, though none of mine are showing any errors.

I am wondering if this is related to a snap or flatpak. These are not updated by apt. Unlikely, though.

[claydoh]

Ok, Launchpad is back up

That SteamOS PPA is soooo old, it does not have any 18.04 packages, so there is no release file for Bionic. You should remove it. It won't offer any packages to install, but will annoy you with this warning (not an error message)

Now, the odbcinst1debian2 is not at all related to an dead SteamOS PPA.

The related output from running apt full-upgrade will be important.
The version shown in your image (2.3.7) is far newer than anything in Ubuntu, even for the upcoming 20.04, so it has to be from some added external repository or PPA.

[creeperskinmaker]

okay weird, by ruining sudo apt full-upgrade it updated but when i ran sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade it did nothing. thanks for the help

[Snowhog]

If you ran both sets of commands one after the other, then sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade would not have done nothing, as you had already upgraded your installed packages (sudo apt full-upgrade).

[kubicle]

If you ran both sets of commands one after the other, then sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade would not have done nothing, as you had already upgraded your installed packages (sudo apt full-upgrade).

Another reason could be that there were errors running "sudo apt update". "&&" is the AND operator, the second command will only run if the first was succesful (exits with an exit status 0). If there are errors with any repository during the update, apt update will return a non-zero exit status and the apt full-upgrade command is not run at all.