Why is there a difference on the way you update?

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Why is there a difference on the way you update?

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Update manager says I'm up to date.
But If I sudo apt-get update, it shows otherwise?
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Re: Why is there a difference on the way you update?

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Check your preferences in update manager. Specifically have you got any levels of updates unchecked for display. Update Manager classifies different packages by the potentially negative impact a buggy update could have on the system with 1 being the lowest impact and the highest. Emphasis on the word potential here.. It doesn't mean the higher level updates are unsafe.
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Re: Why is there a difference on the way you update?

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You can see which additional packages apt-get is reporting by running:

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apt list --upgradeable
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