Question
Ubuntu Server 14.04.2 LTS: MOTD always displays the same packages to be updated
- Posted July 3, 2015
- System Tools
Since yesterday I always get this message when I log in via SSH:
2 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates.
There’s nothing to be updated running apt-get update and apt-get upgrade:
sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Calculating upgrade… Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
(1 not upgraded: I can’t find it)
I’ve followed these posts but to no avail:
Ubuntu tells me I have packages to upgrade when I don’t
ubuntu server: SSH banner telling to update packages but nothing to update
Any hints/suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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This has been reported in a few places online as occuring when kernel updates are available or other updates that are not to be installed for whatever reason. In general, running a
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgradewill often resolve this issue.