diff --git a/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
index 1442e68b9..459a3093d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CompileAndRelease.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         git -c "http.extraheader=$auth_header" -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --recursive --depth=1
     - name: Installing dependencies
       run: |
-       sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qtscript5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev lib3ds-dev libglew-dev libeigen3-dev libopenctm-dev libgmp-dev libqhull-dev
+       sh install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
     - name: Setting env variables
       id: envs
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CompileUbuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/CompileUbuntu.yml
index 9a2a35521..a747983a3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/CompileUbuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CompileUbuntu.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         git -c "http.extraheader=$auth_header" -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --recursive --depth=1
     - name: Installing dependencies
       run: |
-       sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qtscript5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev lib3ds-dev libglew-dev libeigen3-dev libopenctm-dev libgmp-dev libqhull-dev
+       sh install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
     - name: Setting env variables
       id: envs
       shell: bash
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         git -c "http.extraheader=$auth_header" -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --recursive --depth=1
     - name: Installing dependencies
       run: |
+       sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default qtscript5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev lib3ds-dev libglew-dev libeigen3-dev libopenctm-dev libgmp-dev libqhull-dev cmake ninja-build 
     - name: Configuring
       run: |
diff --git a/install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh b/install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
index 012aff8e1..c47eb9e5f 100644
--- a/install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/install/linux/linux_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 #
 # Run this script if you never installed any of the MeshLab dependencies.
 
+sudo apt-get update 
 sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qtscript5-dev libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev lib3ds-dev libglew-dev libeigen3-dev libopenctm-dev libgmp-dev libqhull-dev