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Ubuntu 18.04.1, Gnome Shell 3.28.1, Ubuntu Software 3.28.1, on an x86_64 architecture computer.

Recently I began having this problem:

Ubuntu Software presents desktop notifications saying that various software packages have updates available. I start Ubuntu Software, go to the "Updates" tab, and see all the packages to update with "Update" buttons next to them. For every single one, when I click on the "Update" button, I get an error message of this format:

Unable to update xxxxx: Could not find update for 'xxx/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/x86_64/stable'

where "xxx" represents some text.

(I attached a screenshot of a typical message to this posting for a software package called "Cozy".)

After I dismiss this message, the application disappears from the list of packages to update. Eventually, I go through them all, and then Ubuntu Software says "Software is up to date".

I have no idea whether or not the packages actually updated correctly.

What does this message mean, and what should I be doing to fix whatever is wrong?

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I encountered a similar problem with Audacity, which I had installed via flatpak. In my case, I did not get an error message more specific than "Unable to update Audacity," and I never got the misleading "Software is up to date" message. It would always fail the same way.

Here's how I resolved it:

  • run flatpak list
  • identify the name of the affected app from that list; for Audacity, which is listed as org.audacityteam.Audacity/x86_64/stable, the name is org.audacityteam.Audacity
  • run flatpak update NAME for each app
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