System update misses things

Question

Why is it that if you run a system update or use dist-upgrade you're still left with things needing updating?

For example if you run a full system update and than open software updater it says "your system is up to date."

But if you open the software center and check for updates, there are still packages listed requiring update.

These sometimes include:

Why are these not covered by the the system update?

Possible duplicate: How can I update all Snap packages? – Artur Meinild Aug 21 '21 at 06:46 — Artur Meinild, Aug 21 '21 at 06:46

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '21 at 06:42

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The programs you mention are snap packages. Running the command sudo apt dist-upgrade only upgrades .deb packages, but not snap packages.

Snap packages should upgrade themselves eventually, but if you want to force an upgrade run this command:

sudo snap refresh

answered Aug 21 '21 at 06:42

Artur Meinild

I see, thank you for that. Where are snaps stored? – Mintmag Aug 21 '21 at 06:50
Snaps are located in /snap, and userdata in ~/snap – Artur Meinild Aug 21 '21 at 06:52

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