# Update problem, do I press the big scary red button?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-problem-do-i-press-the-big-scary-red-button/396452 "2026-02-18T20:46:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-problem-do-i-press-the-big-scary-red-button/396452/4 "2026-02-18T21:19:23Z")

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Yeah, GUI updates can occasionally fail for various reasons, and the typical next step is a command line rebuild. In my experience that’s always cleared things up.

(And the `sudo` on those commands assumes you’re not logged in as the root user.)

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