Genfoch01 - 2014-08-05

Several issues here ( though this may be my perception )

  1. there is no way ( that I have found) to kick off the check for updates process manually. this is very important (see below )
  2. I installed the openssh package. the package manager said it was installed ( it was listed in the installed tab) but which ssh responed with nothing
    until the update package notification popped up, then I installed the updates and finally ssh was there. this caused lots of confusion. I thought it was installed, the package manager said it was installed, but it was not until the package update run and installed it.
  3. I installed the man pages but man xxx still returns with command not found. So do I need to wait until the package update pops up again or is something wrong with the install?
  4. packages shown in the installer need to have a description of what each package is. a package name like cmake or gmake is not enough to tell me what it is/does.