On login 5 packages can be updated

[danking12]

I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 Server. After that I installed VMware Server. When I login to my account on the server it prints to the terminal that "5 packages can be updated" and "10 updates are security updates"

I then run "sudo apt-get update" and then "sudo apt-get upgrade"

But it doesn't install any updates. Not really sure what the prompts about package and security updates are for but I would like to solve it.

Thanks for any help.

[televisi]

Hi danking12,
have you resolved your issue?

I just installed Ubuntu server 9.04 and only install the normal packages; after installation finish, I do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

after that, everytime I restart the same message appears:

5 packages can be updated.
10 updates are security updates.

Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?

[danking12]

Sorry I haven't figure it out yet but I haven't looked into it at all. If I find a solution I will post back to this thread.

[huarewe]

I also have this issue. I just switched from gui to terminal only -- run the update/upgrade but whatever is placing the message in term isn't updating.

Any help?

[cariboo]

Try using:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

to see if that solves the problem.

[dspeer]

My name is dietrich, and I had the same issue exactly.

After running those apt-gets I rebooted the system, and everything was fine.

[DigitalRonin]

You shouldn't have to reboot the system.

The number of packages to update is coming from the message of the day, which is updated by cron. So, it should go away sometime after you update the packages.

If you're impatient (like me), just run "sudo update-motd" after updating the packages. Then, the message should be different the next time you login.

[AsylumDEG]

Sorry to bump an old(er) thread, but the advice that cariboo907 gave:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

was the magic answer for me! I had done the same -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

many times but had forgotten about updating the distribution itself! Thanks for the reminder and with this post others will be able to hit on a search hit that says the solution works (at least for me)

Did it work for the original poster as well? If so, it would be nice if they would have confirmed the fix. If not, was there something else to be aware of?

[aphatak]

I am using Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, and I do not really want to upgrade to the next release till the next LTS release. Does that mean I will keep on getting these package update messages?!?

[aphatak]

I have two servers - uname on each shows -

Linux fsrv 2.6.32-21-server #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:17:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

- on one (this shows packages to be updated but does not update any), and -

Linux vsrv 2.6.32-25-server #45-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:06:58 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

- on the other (this shows 0 packages to be updated). Both show Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS on log in. I swear I did not run dist-upgrade on the second machine. How did I get rid of the package update message?!?