# Glances package outdated and python311Packages.glances-api missing

**URL:** <https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761 "2023-06-24T14:01:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexdelprete](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/alexdelprete/32/554_2.png) [@alexdelprete](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/alexdelprete)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/1 "2023-06-24T14:01:47Z")

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Hi,

as per subject, the `unstable.glances` packages is v3.3.1 while the latest I find on nix is v3.4.0.2.

Also, I can’t find the `unstable.python311Packages.glances-api` package, available on nix.

This is happening on several packages (some of which I reported in the past), what I don’t understand is this: if flox is based on nix, and it leverages nix repositories, why is this happening?

Thanks a lot for the support.

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**Author:** ![aameen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/aameen/32/564_2.png) [@aameen](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/aameen)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/2 "2023-06-26T14:45:01Z")

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We have a rolling release schedule that lags a few days behind `nixpkgs`.  
During that time we’re actually building and caching “locked” forms of those unstable packages to ensure they are reproducible for our users.

In general you should see updates from `nixpkgs` nightly, but depending on the queue they may take a day or more.

You can still install packages directly from upstream `nixpkgs` by using the URI `flox install github:NixOS/nixpkgs#python311Packages.glances-api` which will get you the latest upstream package.

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**Author:** ![alexdelprete](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/alexdelprete/32/554_2.png) [@alexdelprete](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/alexdelprete)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/3 "2023-06-26T15:01:14Z")

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> [@aameen](#):
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> In general you should see updates from `nixpkgs` nightly, but depending on the queue they may take a day or more.

Glances v3.3.1 is 6 months old. It’s not some days…I wouldn’t have opened a topic for only some days. That’s why I asked how it works. It’s not just a matter of waiting some days…that would be absolutely acceptable. But for some packages I found they were way behind.

> [@aameen](#):
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> You can still install packages directly from upstream `nixpkgs` by using the URI `flox install github:NixOS/nixpkgs#python311Packages.glances-api` which will get you the latest upstream package.

Yes I learned that from @robinbrantley for the speedtest package that was totally missing: `flox install 'nixpkgs#ookla-speedtest'`. What’s the difference between:

`flox install github:NixOS/nixpkgs#python311Packages.glances-api`

and

`flox install nixpkgs#python311Packages.glances-api`

Is it the same channel?

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**Author:** ![robinbrantley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/robinbrantley/32/39_2.png) [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/4 "2023-06-26T15:28:11Z")

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Hi @alexdelprete - I’ve been working behind the scenes over the weekend with @limeytexan to restart the automatic update. There was an issue internally and upstream that caused problems with the automation. It has been manually rolled forward and we are looking further into what happened and improving the monitoring around this process. I’m sorry you keep tripping over this in the meantime.

I note that v3.4.0.2 is now available albeit the fact its stability isn’t shown isn’t ideal. I have logged a ticket to get that addressed as well.

```auto
**glances** - Cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool
nixpkgs-flox. **glances** @3.2.7
nixpkgs-flox. **glances** @3.3.0
nixpkgs-flox. **glances** @3.3.1
nixpkgs-flox. **glances** @3.4.0.2

```

I’m not yet sure why the `unstable.python311Packages.glances-api` package isn’t available though…

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**Author:** ![alexdelprete](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/alexdelprete/32/554_2.png) [@alexdelprete](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/alexdelprete)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/5 "2023-06-26T16:18:01Z")

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> [@robinbrantley](#):
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> I’m sorry you keep tripping over this in the meantime.

Don’t worry at all. It’s quite frequent in my experience on a lot of opensource projects that I find strange stuff happening always to me. I’m used to it. 🙂

I imagined there was something strange in the update process, that’s why I’m always giving you and the team feedbacks about it, I hope to not seem compulsive about it, it’s just that I’m worried that the update process has issues that maybe were not being caught by the monitoring process.

I installed glances as suggested, with `flox install github:NixOS/nixpkgs#glances`. And noticed that if I try to remove it with `flox remove github:NixOS/nixpkgs#glances` it wouldn’t find it. Luckily I can list and use the item # to remove it from the environment.

I just installed glances in the standard way:

```auto
❯ flox install unstable.glances
warning: input 'flox' has an override for a non-existent input 'nixpkgs-flox'
warning: input 'flox' has an override for a non-existent input 'nixpkgs-flox'
warning: input 'flox' has an override for a non-existent input 'nixpkgs-flox'
Installed 'unstable.glances' package(s) into 'default' environment.
❯ glances --version
Glances v3.4.0.2 with PsUtil v5.9.5
Log file: /root/.local/share/glances/glances.log

```

BTW: is there a way to stop those warnings? it happens with many flox commands…

Thanks a lot for all the support. 🙂

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**Author:** ![robinbrantley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/robinbrantley/32/39_2.png) [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/6 "2023-06-26T16:59:41Z")

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Hi @alexdelprete - we very much appreciate you feedback and raising these issues for the exact reasons you highlight. Please do keep them coming. 🙂

yup, those spurious warnings `warning: input 'flox' has an override for a non-existent input 'nixpkgs-flox'` we get as well and definitely want to get them squelched. In the meantime, they are unrelated and can be ignored.

Re the issue with `flox remove` - thanks for highlighting this!

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**Author:** ![robinbrantley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/robinbrantley/32/39_2.png) [@robinbrantley](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/robinbrantley)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/7 "2023-06-26T17:18:33Z")

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@alexdelprete - re your query around `python311Packages.glances-api` not being there: the reason it isn’t showing up is because we aren’t rolling python packages into the flox catalog yet. I am not sure of the timeline of when we will be doing this but in the meantime you have the workaround to use. 👍

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**Author:** ![alexdelprete](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/alexdelprete/32/554_2.png) [@alexdelprete](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/alexdelprete)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/8 "2023-06-26T17:35:41Z")

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Ok Robin, I guess we’re all set. Keep up the great work and thanks to the team for the quick responses.

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**Author:** ![aameen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.flox.dev/aameen/32/564_2.png) [@aameen](https://discourse.flox.dev/u/aameen)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://discourse.flox.dev/t/glances-package-outdated-and-python311packages-glances-api-missing/761/9 "2023-07-11T21:39:58Z")

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Howdy, just wanted to follow up and let you know I got this bug fixed this week. You should see it roll out in the next `flox` release, or you can use it now from the `pre-release` build.