Update Packages requires extra step on Ubuntu

Webmin
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| SYSTEM INFORMATION ||

| OS type and version | Ubuntu Linux 24.04.4 |
| Webmin version | 2.653 |
| Theme version | 26.50.4 |

I have only ever used RHEL and variants until adding a small Ubuntu server - webmin only.

From the Dashboard, selecting x Package update is available, then select to do the update, it instead does a scan for new packages and then prompts to Install now.

On EL systems it doesn’t do the extra scan for updates - which seems redundant anyway.

Is this by design? Just curious.

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apt requires you to update metadata immediately before installing packages or risk having metadata mismatches. It’s not our design, it’s a difference in how apt works vs. yum/dnf, but I assume it’s to try to deal with that.

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Thanks Joe, just curiousity.

As a longtime user of yum/dnf the apt system is a tad weird so I use Webmin for upgrades and have wondered why I have to wait for another scan.

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This is actually a bug which we will fix in the next Webmin release.

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Does that mean it will stop in Ubuntu or that EL variants will now also have to waste time on an extra scan?

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It will also show an extra confirmation table, as with APT, and loading it should not waste time. It should happen right away.

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Instant using CLI, 20 seconds for Webmin.