lost my update-notifier doesn't show up in my panel anymore

[akimelit]

I seem to have somehow lost my update-notifier from my desktop panel.
when i look in my start up preferences it is there, but as i said doesn't
show up in my desktop panel like it used to do.
How can i fix this ?
Any advice ?

Thanks guys

[cynwulf]

As far as I remember (I haven't use it for years), it only appears when there are updated packages available.

If you're convinced it's broken, then try purging and reinstalling it.

[akimelit]

Thanks caravel.
Ok, i though it was present all the time either as greyed out ( inactive/no updates ) or in an active mode.
I will see if it pops up at sometime..
I manage with out it to..

thanks for taking the time caravel

[cynwulf]

Not sure about that, if my memory serves me correctly it goes grey when a package manager is running and lights up when there are updates (?) - that's pretty much all it does as far as I know. If you click on it, it launches a different program - usually update-manager.

Both of these, along with synaptic, adept, etc are graphical front ends to apt. To achieve the same end using a terminal:

aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

or

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade