Updates often fail

[stm69]

Hello,

I am using UniGetUI since some times and mostly it works, but some times it doesn't. The more simple reason that it fails for some applications is that there are also other update mechanisms on the system, like buildin in Thunderbird or Firefox update mechanism or other tool like PatchMyPC Homepupdater and when UniGetUI starts to update, then the target version of the software update already was reached by other solution and fails repeatedly in UniGetUI. It looks like UniGetUI does not scan for currently installted versions very often and then misses updates which already came in by other mechanisms. The other reason is often that the targeted software is running and while UniGetUI tries to update and then it fails to update. A third variation could be that UniGetUI doesn't check if other software update/installation mechanism currently runs on the system, so it doesn't wait until that is finieshed. In all of these situations PatchMyPC Homeupdater acts more intelligent, it's GUI already runs in Admin mode so no UAC request is required for each update task and before the update of a special software is started it checks again if other running update processes currently run, for the current installed version of the targeted software and it terminates the application, it updates and it restarts the application.

Additionally I don't see a difference for the two different Update buttons in UniGetUI for update, both request UAC to update normal Win 32/64 software (not user profile installed apps). Would make sense to run the GUI in adminmode that it does not always request UAC for each package.

Maybe you ask, why having two of these tools at the same time, UniGetUI and PatchMyPC Homeupdater? Answer: They have different software catalogues, some software is only in the one, and other software is only in the other. And the UI of PatchMyPC to select new software to install on the system out of their catalog is much more intuitive. So UniGetUI is good, usefull, but for me only 2nd best solution - which supports much more software channels for normal-user-exotic things like Powershell-Galery.

Apropos software channels, how about the idea to integrate a function to start "apt upgrade" inside some WSL linuxes and the WSL kernel itself (while WSL is not runnig, updating the WSL kernel under a running WSL may damage the installation!!!) ..? Less experienced Linux/WSL users may often forget that also this must be updated from time to time...

[marticliment]

I will take your suggestions into account

Would make sense to run the GUI in adminmode that it does not always request UAC for each package.

You can enable "Ask only once for administrator permissions" on UniGetUI Settings