29 Aug
2021
29 Aug
'21
8:06 a.m.
Hi all,
Since the last TDE stable upgrade (many months ago), the update-notifier
applet is not available anymore.
Is there a good reason to have it removed from TDE or did it fell in a
crack?
It was useful to know if some updates are available in a simple way.
I am missing this small and efficient little applet.
Or is it part of a package I missed?
Thanks for maintaining and enhancing Trinity, the best desktop ever,
Pascal
Ubuntu 18-04 LTS installed from the TDE live dvd image.
Trinity R14.0.10
29 Aug
29 Aug
8:15 a.m.
said midi-pascal:
| Hi all,
|
| Since the last TDE stable upgrade (many months ago), the update-notifier
| applet is not available anymore.
|
| Is there a good reason to have it removed from TDE or did it fell in a
| crack?
|
| It was useful to know if some updates are available in a simple way.
|
| I am missing this small and efficient little applet.
Your mileage may vary, but I think it is good practice each day, first
thing, to open a terminal and run "sudo apt uipdate." Little applets are
nice though also often annoying (far more so in Plasma), while running
from a terminal encourages one to be more circumspect and actually learn
more about proposed upgrades. I have a few applicatoions that I certainly
wish I hadn't upgraded.
Which I realize doesn't answer your question. But the absence of the little
applet might push you toward investigating something that is ultimately
good computer hygiene.
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2:16 p.m.
On 2021-08-29 11:15 a.m., dep wrote:
said midi-pascal:
| Hi all,
|
| Since the last TDE stable upgrade (many months ago), the update-notifier
| applet is not available anymore.
|
| Is there a good reason to have it removed from TDE or did it fell in a
| crack?
|
| It was useful to know if some updates are available in a simple way.
|
| I am missing this small and efficient little applet.
Your mileage may vary, but I think it is good practice each day, first
thing, to open a terminal and run "sudo apt uipdate." Little applets are
nice though also often annoying (far more so in Plasma), while running
from a terminal encourages one to be more circumspect and actually learn
more about proposed upgrades. I have a few applicatoions that I certainly
wish I hadn't upgraded.
Which I realize doesn't answer your question. But the absence of the little
applet might push you toward investigating something that is ultimately
good computer hygiene.
--
dep
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Hi,
My mileage is 40+ years in programming with many programming languages
under many OS's (CPM, DOS, VAX/VMS, Windows - from 3.1 to 10-, various
Unix flavors, various Linux, platform-specific OS's) so I am not afraid
of a terminal and command-line since there has been nothing else to
interact with a computer for a long time :-)
I found the update notifier applet a nice utility: green->nothing new,
red->there are updates available.
So when it was red, I go to the command-line to check what was available
for update.
I miss this thingy... and my question is still not answered.
Cheers,
Pascal
2:22 p.m.
Hello,
I've never heard about this applet until your e-mail, but after a guess and a quick
check I think that the applet should be part of a package called "adept" (Adept
is a package management suite). Please check whether you have this package on your
system.
--
Mavridis Philippe
3:04 p.m.
On 8/29/21 5:22 PM, Mavridis Philippe wrote:
Hello,
I've never heard about this applet until your e-mail, but after a guess and a quick
check I think that the applet should be part of a package called "adept" (Adept
is a package management suite). Please check whether you have this package on your
system.
--
Mavridis Philippe
Running Debian 11 here. No such package.
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6:44 p.m.
On 2021/08/30 7:04:09 AM, Edward wrote:
On 8/29/21 5:22 PM, Mavridis Philippe wrote:
Hi Pascal, all,
adept was a package previously shipped with TDE. Some years ago, there were some major
changes to the underlying API
related to package management in Debian and that made adept non functional and likely to
require some major rework.
After investigating the problem and some attempts at fixing it (+ some other side problems
related to adept), it was
decided to discontinue shipping adept, which is why now you don't get it anymore.
Having said that, if someone is interested in fixing adept and put forward a working
version on TGW, we will be happy to
reconsider its inclusion in future versions.
Cheers
Michele
Hello,
I've never heard about this applet until your e-mail, but after a guess and a quick
check I think that the applet
should be part of a package called "adept" (Adept is a package management
suite). Please check whether you have this
package on your system.
--
Mavridis Philippe
Running Debian 11 here. No such package.
30 Aug
30 Aug
3:19 a.m.
On 2021-08-29 9:44 p.m., Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote:
On 2021/08/30 7:04:09 AM, Edward wrote:
Hi Michele, all,
You answered my question :-)
I was using adept for package management in previous TDE versions.
Thanks a lot,
Pascal
On 8/29/21 5:22 PM, Mavridis Philippe wrote:
Hi Pascal, all,
adept was a package previously shipped with TDE. Some years ago, there
were some major changes to the underlying API related to package
management in Debian and that made adept non functional and likely to
require some major rework. After investigating the problem and some
attempts at fixing it (+ some other side problems related to adept),
it was decided to discontinue shipping adept, which is why now you
don't get it anymore.
Having said that, if someone is interested in fixing adept and put
forward a working version on TGW, we will be happy to reconsider its
inclusion in future versions.
Cheers
Michele
Hello,
I've never heard about this applet until your e-mail, but after a
guess and a quick check I think that the applet should be part of a
package called "adept" (Adept is a package management suite). Please
check whether you have this package on your system.
--
Mavridis Philippe
Running Debian 11 here. No such package.
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