Re: automate updates in Lenny

[Constantine <raven.oscar@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 07 April 2010 22:52:34 Jozsi Vadkan wrote:
> how do you automate the updates in Lenny? [if you're using it as a
> "desktop os", and you don't want to give: apt-get update; apt-get
> upgrade -y every week..]?
> 
> i'm using this:
> 
> 
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> RANDOMTIME=$(echo $[ ($RANDOM % 60 ) ] )
> if ! grep -q "root dpkg --configure -a" /etc/crontab; then echo
> $RANDOMTIME" * * * * root dpkg --configure -a; apt-get upgrade -y  >
> /dev/null 2>&1; apt-get install -y  > /dev/null 2>&1" >> /etc/crontab; fi
> 
> 
> 
> + install "update-manager" package - because it will "apt-get update" in
> the background [in random time - so the mirror servers "won't have
> loads"]. - at least i think is gives out "apt-get update"
> 
> 
> 
> any other solutions/tips?

One more vote for cron-apt. It handles such tasks perfectly. Also you can use 
update-manager-gnome/update-notifier to be notified about updates and install 
them.