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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the report, Matt, and sorry for the slow response.

There is nothing in this report that states why a visible control to
update the apt cache would be useful or desirable. Adding a function to
do that would be one possible solution to several problems, for example,
bug 677076, bug 574155, and bug 782953. But it would be a poor solution,
because most people would not understand that they needed to do it.
Fortunately, in each case, it is possible for Ubuntu to be smart enough
to update the cache automatically, so a function to do it manually is
not necessary.

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: software-center
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  No option to refresh (or reload) the APT cash is visible

Status in Ubuntu Software Center:
  Invalid
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  Hi,
  Using Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 (and older) there appears to be no visible option (button or menu entry) to reload/refresh the APT cash - this option is only visible from a) the command line (sudo apt-get update), from within update-manager (for some reason gksudo is not necessary here, though sudo is needed for apt-get :-\), or from within synaptic.

  The odd thing is - if I open software-center and update-manager, and
  then "check for updates" - software-center knows that the cash is
  being updated, and shows the progress, but an option to do so directly
  from within software-center appears non-existant.

  Thanks

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