Re: Package update problem...{***SOLVED***}

[Mark Neidorff <mark@neidorff.com>]

On Tuesday, 12/13/16 02:34:00 PM Henning Follmann wrote:
> > Good news!  I solved the problem.  This solution came from the openSUSE
> > forums... (just giving credit where credit is due)
> > 
> > As root, in the folder /etc/cron.* (where * is either daily, hourly, etc.
> > depending on how often you want the check to take place):
> > 
> > 1. Create a file called autoupdate using your favorite editor (that sounds
> > like a good name).
> > 
> > 2. File contents:
> > #! /bin/bash
> > 
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get upgrade -y
> > apt-get autoclean
> > 
> > 3. Save the file, and then make it executable:
> > #chmod 755 autoupdate
> > 
> > 
> > Note the "apt-get autoclean" is optional.
> 
> Well, not what yousked though.
> The answer given to you (adding the user to sudo group) was the right
> answer.
> 
> Anyway if you want unsupwerwised updated
> 
> apt-get install cron-apt
> 
> Would have been the right choice.
> 
> 
> -H


Good to know about cron-apt.  I'll check it out.

Many thanks,

Mark