Apt Update Indicator

[desertwalker1]

A quick question about the extension Apt Update Indicator.

I recently installed it and want to know what the following mean:

New in repository
Residual config files

What should I do about them?

Screenshot from 2020-09-23 11-28-39.png

[ajgreeny]

Residual config files are those from packages that you have probably removed but not purged, thus leaving configurations still in the system.
There is no necessity to remove them, and they may be useful if you decide to reinstall the package.

New in repository means just what it says; the packages are new but if in the normal repos can still be trusted. I have never seen the extension you mention by that name; what version of Ubuntu are you using?

[desertwalker1]

Residual config files are those from packages that you have probably removed but not purged, thus leaving configurations still in the system.
There is no necessity to remove them, and they may be useful if you decide to reinstall the package.

New in repository means just what it says; the packages are new but if in the normal repos can still be trusted. I have never seen the extension you mention by that name; what version of Ubuntu are you using?

Hey, thanks for the reply.

It's Ubuntu 20.04.

[ActionParsnip]

If you run:

sudo dpkg -P `dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk {'print $2'}`

This will remove residual config file for packages you uninstalled.

[desertwalker1]

If you run:

sudo dpkg -P `dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk {'print $2'}`

This will remove residual config file for packages you uninstalled.

Thanks for this. Appreciate it.

[ActionParsnip]

Did it clear the residual config message bit?

[desertwalker1]

Did it clear the residual config message bit?

Yes it did. Just the 'New in repository' message left. Not sure how to address that.

[deadflowr]

I run this line for rc clearings

dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/{print $2}' | xargs sudo apt purge -y

Note that rc is funny as it does not actually mean residual config, but it actually refers to two status states.
1) r (or the first letter) refers desired state of a package, in this case the desired state is for the package to be removed from the system.
2) c (or the second letter) refers the actual states meaning the actual state is it still has configuration files installed.
But referring to rc as meaning residual configs fits it all too well, imo.

Just the 'New in repository' message left. Not sure how to address that.

Not sure either, but probably refers to either new versions of packages that have been added to a repository or packages which have new updates.
Most packages just get updates and not new packages with new version names. There are exceptions of course, like kernels.
Kernels actually get new versions with new names for each new kernel, ie, linux-image-5.4.0-48 is a different package than linux-image-5.4.0-47.

[grahammechanical]

It is a Gnome shell extension

https://extensions.gnome.org/extensi...ate-indicator/

Apparently it not only informs the user if there are updates available but also if a new package (application/program) has been added to the repositories. Just as we can have Editor's Picks and Featured Applications it seems we can also have What's New.

I cannot wait for the Software Centre to inform me that I have new Facebook notifications and to nag me about having a Covid 19 test. Sometimes, clever is just too clever that it stops being nice.

Regards

[desertwalker1]

I run this line for rc clearings

dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/{print $2}' | xargs sudo apt purge -y

Note that rc is funny as it does not actually mean residual config, but it actually refers to two status states.
1) r (or the first letter) refers desired state of a package, in this case the desired state is for the package to be removed from the system.
2) c (or the second letter) refers the actual states meaning the actual state is it still has configuration files installed.
But referring to rc as meaning residual configs fits it all too well, imo.

Not sure either, but probably refers to either new versions of packages that have been added to a repository or packages which have new updates.
Most packages just get updates and not new versions. There are exceptions of course, like kernels.
Kernels actually get new versions for each new kernel, ie, linux-image-5.4.0-48 is a different package than linux-image-5.4.0-47.

Appreciate the informative response! I clicked on the 'New in repository' message. It led to the following package: 'oem-somerville-caterpie-meta'

Here's the screenshot:

AUI2.png