I notice that on Zorin 18 Core, the Software program updates very few programs a week.
Brave upated to to 1.85.111 on December 3rd and Software has not updated.
I went to Installing Brave on Linux | Brave and installed the commands for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint and it updated my program to the latest version.
What is the best way to ensure that my programs are all updated to the most recent official versions?
To make sure you're running the most recent version of applications that are in the standard repositories, I would usually just run through the terminal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
You could do the same with flatpaks as well, although I don't use snaps:
flatpak update
That being said, that's only going to get you the most recent version of the programs that are installed in the repositories (mainly the apt versions, not flatpak). So if the repositories don't have the most up to date version of a program, you're going to need to either add a seperate PPA for that software that allows the most recent version onto your system, or go through a different standalone method such as Flatpak or Appimage.
The standard Ubuntu repositories will prioritize stability over new, so typically they will be behind in versions. Generally not an issue for me, but I understand other users have issues with this.
Mixed results. Before terminating, the first command said:
Err:35 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/appimagelauncher-team/stable/ubuntu noble Release
404 Not Found [IP: 185.125.190.80 443]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'cdrom://Zorin-OS 18 Core 64bit noble Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/appimagelauncher-team/stable/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
Remove the appimagelauncher-team ppa. It isn't supported on Zorin 18.
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:appimagelauncher-team/stable
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Such a wrong repo can block regulary updates.
Thank you. Did it. The only other point was:
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.~~~Open Software & Updates and take a Look at the ''Other Software'' Tab. Unmark the cdrom Option:
Also: After this could You post the Output of sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade please? I would like to see if the Sources are all okay.
Disabled the cd.
Output is:
steve@stevec:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Hit:1 Index of /ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Hit:3 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:4 Index of /ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Hit:5 Index of /ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:6 Index of /agornostal/ulauncher/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:7 Index of /stable/ noble InRelease
Hit:8 Index of /patches/ noble InRelease
Hit:9 Index of /xtradeb/apps/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:10 Index of /apps/ noble InRelease
Hit:11 Index of /zorinos/apps/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:12 Index of /drivers/ noble InRelease
Hit:13 Index of /zorinos/drivers/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:14 Index of /zorinos/patches/ubuntu noble InRelease
Hit:15 Index of /zorinos/stable/ubuntu noble InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
apparmor-profiles linux-headers-6.14.0-34-generic linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-34 linux-hwe-6.14-tools-6.14.0-34
linux-image-6.14.0-34-generic linux-modules-6.14.0-34-generic linux-modules-extra-6.14.0-34-generic linux-tools-6.14.0-34-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
steve@stevec:~$
If I don't oversee something, that should be okay so.
Thank you!
