linux4noobs @programming.dev governorkeagan @lemdro.id 11 mo. ago

What is wrong with my script?

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.

5 comments

Do you run flatpak update with or without sudo in your terminal?
- Without.
  
  EDIT: Just tested sudo flatpak update and it returned the same results as the script (duh!). Thanks for the help!
  
  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
  
  Then you should do the same in the script. Remove the sudo in front of flatpak update -y.