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What is wrong with my script? (lemdro.id)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by governorkeagan@lemdro.id to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

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I've written a small bash script to help with updating various packages/dependencies on my machine (Pop!_OS) but it doesn't seem to be working correctly for flatpak. If I run flatpak update in the terminal it will show that I have updates, but when running the script there aren't any updates.

The Script:

#!/bin/bash

# Update package list
sudo apt update -y

# Upgrade the packages and dependencies
sudo apt upgrade -y

# Remove unnecessary packages and dependencies
sudo apt autoremove -y

# Clean package cache
sudo apt clean -y

# Update Flatpak
sudo flatpak update -y

# Update firmware
sudo fwupdmgr update -y

echo "All updates and upgrades have completed sucessfully!"

EDIT: Running flatpak update -y without sudo fixes the issue.

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[–] mcmodknower@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you run flatpak update with or without sudo in your terminal?

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Without.

EDIT: Just tested sudo flatpak update and it returned the same results as the script (duh!). Thanks for the help!

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's something valueable to learn here. Seems like flatpak installs packages per user, meaning when you do

$sudo flatpak update

it runs as the root user, which probably doesn't have any packages installed.

Kind of a weird concept if you used Windows for a long time before switching to linux, where running as admin still used the same user account just with elevated privileges iirc

Edit: According to flathub running flatpak as root installs packages systemwide, otherwise they're installed on a per user basis. You should still keep the multi user thing I mentioned in your mind if you're used to windows

[–] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago

I didn’t think of it like that but it makes total sense!

[–] mcmodknower@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Then you should do the same in the script. Remove the sudo in front of flatpak update -y.