Update manager not updating

[pseudotheist]

Subject about says it all. For the last couple days my update manager has come up to tell me that I have updates to install, but when I try to click "install updates" it does nothing. Any ideas what's wrong?

[staf0048]

I'm not sure if you get the same error message I get, but every once in a while I'll get "Unable lock /var/something/something."

The only way I know of to fix it is to restart the computer. You've probably already tried that, but just in case . . .

[gamerchick02]

Subject about says it all. For the last couple days my update manager has come up to tell me that I have updates to install, but when I try to click "install updates" it does nothing. Any ideas what's wrong?

Have you tried

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

This should do your updates.

Amy

[pseudotheist]

And of course this morning the updates go through just fine...

gamerchick02: Is that just the shell commands to accomplish the exact same task? Just want to make sure I understand what I'm doing if it happens again.

[rubbsdecvik]

gamerchick02: Is that just the shell commands to accomplish the exact same task? Just want to make sure I understand what I'm doing if it happens again.

Yes.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

will accomplish the same result as using the update manager.