I always update by executing the 3 commands: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt full-upgrade
and then restart the computer.
Should I add the fourth command: sudo apt install pureos-desktop
to my update routine?
Also in Software, tab Updates, even though my system is up to date, there is still one entry with “OS Updates”. When I press Update next to it, nothing happens.
The reason I am saying that my system is up to date is that in Terminal if I run > sudo apt update
then I get the message
… All packages are up to date.
Hello,
I am new to Linux, but I am enjoying my Librem 13 very much. I am having a similar problem, only it’s my “Software and Updates” app that has disappeared. My computer is not listing it as installed anymore and I can’t find in in the Software “store” anymore either. I didn’t purposely uninstall anything. The problem happened after I connected my computer to WIFI in a hotel, though I don’t know that there is a connection between the two events. Will the solution for restoring the Software “store” app work for restoring the “Software and Updates” app too? Thanks!
As I mentioned in my previous post, gnome-software was uninstalled from my system due to an update. I do not have pureos-desktop, and I did not try Mladen’s suggestion. (I am not avoiding his advice; I just didn’t.)
Recently, I decided to debug this problem, but when I installed gnome-software again, it all worked for me. Something must have changed in the interim.
Perhaps you might try that after the latest updates or forcing a reinstall? I cannot predict if it will work; I can only convey my experience.
Thanks for the reply, Wayne.
I tried what you did again this afternoon, and still no Software & Updates.
I’ve also tried what mladen recommended.
I’m a noob to Linux and will be patient and keep learning.
@Wayne : gnome-software got uninstalled on my system also on 12/20 during a regular system update. It would not re-install, so I installed plasma-discover, which is not as pretty as gnome-software but it does work as a software discovery tool.
Both are dumbed down and inferior to Synaptic for displaying dependencies, versions, and changelogs. I like to see all that before updating so I can see what was fixed (and what might break after an update )
Some days later I was able to re-install gnome-software, but I just did it this way: $ sudo apt install gnome-software
and it worked fine.
I’ve never heard of package pureos-desktop before, which is not installed on my system and apt says it can be safely removed:
$ apt show pureos-desktop
Package: pureos-desktop
Version: 0.9.4
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Source: pureos-meta
Maintainer: PureOS Maintainers <pureos-project@lists.puri.sm>
Installed-Size: 10.2 kB
Depends: pureos-gnome
Download-Size: 3,808 B
APT-Sources: https://repo.pureos.net/pureos green/main amd64 Packages
Description: Transitional package (pureos-desktop -> pureos-gnome)
This is a transitional package and can safely be removed.
It’s a moot point at the moment, because the Purism repo is timing out!
$ sudo apt update
...
Hit:4 https://repo.pureos.net/pureos green InRelease
Err:5 http://deb.puri.sm/pureos green InRelease
Could not connect to deb.puri.sm:80 (138.201.183.165), connection timed out
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
37 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
W: Failed to fetch http://deb.puri.sm/pureos/dists/green/InRelease Could not connect to deb.puri.sm:80 (138.201.183.165), connection timed out
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
$
Sorry, I forgot to include this information in my last post.
You may know this already, but the command to force a reinstall is:
sudo apt --reinstall install gnome-software
Otherwise, the apt will complain that the package is already installed.
My other suggestion is to launch gnome-software from the command line to see what messages you get. That is probably easier than combing through the logs.
Thank you.
I have the gnome-software “Software” on my GUI, but right next to it is an icon for “Software & Updates.”
This is what does not open from GUI or CLI for me.
Perhaps it’s redundant, a glitch or unnecessary since the “Software” in GUI has an “Updates” tab.
I’ll stop thinking about it!
Mine disappeared to on the Librem 5. What i did was:
update phone with linux, kernel updates
updates failed and phone shell did not boot any longer
using jumpdrive restored from saved May 2023 image
used terminal to update / upgrade
rebooted used pureos-software store to update OS Update
after reboot the software store is gone
Using the command above “sudo apt update && sudo apt install pureos-desktop” fails…
Error: unable to locate package pureos-desktop
Using the command above “sudo apt --reinstall install gnome-software” also fails…
Error: pkgProblemResolver: : Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages also The following packages have unmet dependencies: puresos-store-common : Conflicts: gnome-software-common
Why would anyone need to manually update the phone from a terminal Window? Like Android, the phone will notify you when updates are ready. Then all you need to do is tap to allow the update. For things that the phone will do for you, you’re better running with the pack. If Purism accidentally pushes out anything harmful, the first few people who are affected will complain. The problem will then be fixed, probably before you can even be affected. You could probably recompile the kernel yourself too. But why would one need to do that? Keep everything easy until you can’t do something that you want to do through any other means.
The automatic notification in the GUI only happens every X hours. If you want to install an update sooner than that then installing it manually is the right approach (but I guess you can trigger that in the GUI with more taps if you want).
The GUI interface for installing (and deinstalling) has been known to exhibit problems, problems that don’t happen when using apt.
The command line interface gives more explicit control over the exact type of upgrade (regular or full) whereas it may not be obvious which you are getting when using the GUI.
The name as known in the GUI interface may be different from the package name as used in the command line interface, so if someone refers to an actual package name that you need to install, it may be simpler and more reliable to use the command line interface.
thanks the purism docs described the reinstall for pureos core apps well! i was looking on the forum and tyese were the wrong once to install- no issue anymore.
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