Cannot update flatpak packages (lemmy.world)
from Dosage9321@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2023 10:20
https://lemmy.world/post/2748001

Hi,

I am having this strange issue where the flatpak would say that it is updated successfully, but the packages remain in the list of available updates.

The packages still works. And I have tried flatpak repair --user, to no success.

This propably due to the fact that I have to restore my home folder from a backup, via Déjà Dup. And I assuming there is a conficting cache file some where?

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joucker29@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2023 11:04 next collapse

Idk bro gl tho 👍

Edit: Thought this would be helpful because it would help the post gain popularity through the algorithm guess I won’t do it anymore.

In retrospect I can imagine checking your inbox excitedly just to see this answer…

db2@sopuli.xyz on 06 Aug 2023 12:28 next collapse

This is like those Amazon Answers where someone hasn’t even heard of the item but still responds to the question for some reason.

Sneptaur@pawb.social on 06 Aug 2023 17:32 collapse

This is not something you should do on a forum like this

joucker29@lemmy.ml on 06 Aug 2023 23:10 collapse

Noted

d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz on 06 Aug 2023 11:45 next collapse

First try a running the update with a verbose flag and see if there’s any errors flatpak update -v

If you don’t spot anything obvious, try a sudo flatpak repair and then reboot your system (or just restart flatpak-system-helper.service) and see if that fixes it.

As a last resort, you may need to uninstall all your apps using flatpak uninstall --all --delete-data

After that, you’ll have to clean clean up your ~/.var/apps, ~/.local/share/flatpak, and /var/lib/flatpak directories. You could also try running Flatsweep.

The reinstall all your flatpak apps.

Dosage9321@lemmy.world on 06 Aug 2023 20:07 collapse

Yeah…

I tried flatpak update -v with no luck. sudo flatpak repair and then reboot does not work either. flatpak uninstall --all it is. Then, I just used Déjà Dup to restore the app configurations, that I had backup.

Also. Thanks for recommending Flatsweep, that is the coolest thing I got out of all of this.

Froyn@kbin.social on 06 Aug 2023 19:31 next collapse

I don't see it in the post or comments, so rather than wishing you luck... Have you tried turning it off and then on again?
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ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net on 06 Aug 2023 23:57 collapse

Is your disk ok? I have seem similar behavior on dying SSDs

Dosage9321@lemmy.world on 07 Aug 2023 12:54 collapse

It is ok. The corruption happened because I was trying to revert to a back up on mass (restoring my entire Home directory)