My question is, is there a command I can type into the terminal that will allow me to update these?
I cannot see the flameshot updates listed in gnome software and also mailspring is not listed.
I tried to download and install the packages directly from the developer at github and also their website but when i download the rpm file and try to unpackage it it doesn’t update the program.
dnf upgrade <packages> will upgrade the listed packages and its dependences.
From man dnf
Upgrade Command
Command: upgrade
Aliases: up
Deprecated aliases: update, upgrade-to, update-to, localupdate
dnf [options] upgrade
Updates each package to the latest version that is both available and resolvable.
dnf [options] upgrade <package-spec>...
Updates each specified package to the latest available version. Updates dependencies as necessary. When versions are
specified in the <package-spec>, update to these versions.
dnf [options] upgrade @<spec>...
Alias for the dnf module update command.
If the main obsoletes configure option is true or the --obsoletes flag is present, dnf will include package obsoletes in
its calculations. For more information see obsoletes.
If you search the forums, you’ll see multiple posts about Gnome Software and DNF not being in sync, because they have their own metadata copies and update frequencies. If there are updates available, both will show them, but sometimes one may need a metadata refresh, which is what we’re doing above.
@sampsonf 's answer is a workaround here—you are using DNF to update your packages there, but it isn’t necessary. There may be cases where Gnome-software would show updates and dnf would not, it just depends on which metadata was updated most recently. dnf has a regular process that periodically updates its metadata (not sure if gnome-software has this too).
Additional note: you can also use pkcon to update your packages. It is the packagekit command line client, and gnome-software uses packagekit (not dnf):
You can look at what is available in the repo with “dnf list ” That will tell you what version is installed and what is available. I don’t know how gnome software / packagekit can display that data but with dnf it is easy.
Remember that sometimes the version number listed in the repo might not match the version number at the upstream source even though the content is the same.
I think @sampsonf 's made a very important note here: these apps are not from the Fedora repositories, so you must speak to the developers (or whoever is providing these rpm packages that you are using).
To update to a new version using a new rpm from your vendor:
download the rpm
run: sudo dnf install <complete path to rpm>.
if this doesn’t work, please provide the error output you get.
dnf list etc. only work for packages in a repository (could be a non Fedora repo), but they do not work for rpms that are not from repositories.
I have been trying to work out how to do that for a long time. Much appreciated. I just thought I could get that downloaded rpm directly from a source somehow as I dont like to download them from their websites, but I guess you have to sometimes
[benji@localhost Downloads]$ sudo dnf install mailspring-1.9.1-0.1.x86_64.rpm
[sudo] password for benji:
Last metadata expiration check: 2:16:51 ago on Fri 23 Jul 2021 02:22:53 PM AEST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Upgrading:
mailspring x86_64 1.9.1-0.1 @commandline 128 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade 1 Package
Total size: 128 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
snapper: creating pre_snapshot failed: error.io_error: .snapshots is not a btrfs subvolume
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Upgrading : mailspring-1.9.1-0.1.x86_64 1/2
Running scriptlet: mailspring-1.9.1-0.1.x86_64 1/2
Cleanup : mailspring-1.8.0-0.1.x86_64 2/2
Running scriptlet: mailspring-1.8.0-0.1.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : mailspring-1.9.1-0.1.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : mailspring-1.8.0-0.1.x86_64 2/2
Upgraded:
mailspring-1.9.1-0.1.x86_64
Complete!
[benji@localhost Downloads]$ sudo dnf install binance-x86_64-linux.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 2:17:47 ago on Fri 23 Jul 2021 02:22:53 PM AEST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Upgrading:
binance x86_64 1.20.1-1 @commandline 82 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade 1 Package
Total size: 82 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
snapper: creating pre_snapshot failed: error.io_error: .snapshots is not a btrfs subvolume
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Upgrading : binance-1.20.1-1.x86_64 1/2
Running scriptlet: binance-1.20.1-1.x86_64 1/2
Cleanup : binance-1.14.1-1.x86_64 2/2
Running scriptlet: binance-1.14.1-1.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : binance-1.20.1-1.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : binance-1.14.1-1.x86_64 2/2
Upgraded:
binance-1.20.1-1.x86_64
