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Netdata Update Confusion
[/tmp/netdata-kickstart-mX5vyiV2mG]# test -x //usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-updater.sh
OK
[/tmp/netdata-kickstart-mX5vyiV2mG]# //usr/libexec/netdata/netdata-updater.sh --interactive --not-running-from-cron
Fri Nov 21 08:31:03 AM MST 2025 : INFO: netdata-updater.sh: Checking if a newer version of the updater script is available.
Hit:1 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://repository.netdata.cloud/repos/stable/debian bookworm/ InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm InRelease
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Hit:6 http://repository.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig/debian bookworm/ InRelease
Get:7 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:8 https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt coral-edgetpu-stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:10 https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all InRelease
Hit:11 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid bookworm InRelease
Hit:12 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Fetched 62.0 kB in 2s (39.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
netdata-repo is already the newest version (5-2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:4 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease
Hit:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:6 https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all InRelease
Hit:7 http://repository.netdata.cloud/repos/stable/debian bookworm/ InRelease
Hit:8 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid bookworm InRelease
Hit:9 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm InRelease
Hit:10 https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt coral-edgetpu-stable InRelease
Hit:11 http://repository.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig/debian bookworm/ InRelease
Get:12 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm InRelease
Fetched 6,584 B in 1s (8,152 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
netdata is already the newest version (2.8.0).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh:
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh: NETDATA WAS NOT UPDATED!
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh:
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh: A newer version of Netdata is available, but the system package manager does not appear to have updated to that version.
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh:
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh: Most likely, your system is not up to date, and you have it configured in a way that prevents updating one or more of Netdata's dependencies.
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh: Please try updating your system manually and then re-running the Netdata updater before reporting an issue with the update process.
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : ERROR: netdata-updater.sh:
Fri Nov 21 08:31:08 AM MST 2025 : FATAL: netdata-updater.sh: FAILED TO UPDATE NETDATA: Package manager did not fully update Netdata despite not reporting a failure.
FAILED
The following non-fatal warnings or errors were encountered:
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- NETDATA WAS NOT UPDATED!
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- A newer version of Netdata is available, but the system package manager does not appear to have updated to that version.
-
- Most likely, your system is not up to date, and you have it configured in a way that prevents updating one or more of Netdata's dependencies.
- Please try updating your system manually and then re-running the Netdata updater before reporting an issue with the update process.
-
- Package manager did not fully update Netdata despite not reporting a failure.
ABORTED Failed to update existing Netdata install at /: Package manager did not fully update Netdata despite not reporting a failure.
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- Discord: https://discord.gg/5ygS846fR6
- Our community forums: https://community.netdata.cloud/
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