Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

[Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>]

Thanks for your reply, Keith.

I'm sorry if my original question is ambiguous.

Here's what I wish to happen:

1. My OS stops downloading software and security updates silently in the background. It's called automatic downloads, am I right? I wish it to stop.
2. Debian stops giving me notifications that there are software updates available for download.

I have removed/deleted 50unattended-upgrades. It's obvious that such an action hasn't achieved its goals; hence my original post.



> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 7:24 AM
> From: "Keith Bainbridge" <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com>
> To: "Stella Ashburne" <rewefie@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Kenneth Parker" <sea7kenp@gmail.com>, "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
>
>
> On Tue, 25 May 2021 22:48:06 +0200  Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>
> wrote:
>
> >>And yes, I manually perform "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt upgrade"
> >>about twice a day.
>
>
>
> Good Morning Stella
>
> If you are upgrading this often, why not get the bulk of the packages
> downloaded ready to install?   I do that much via cron.
>
> Or did the original question imply that the background operation is
> also installing the new packages? That I would want stopped, and is
> probably why I have not investigated auto upgrades.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something else.
>
>
>
> All the best
>
> Keith Bainbridge
>
> keith.bainbridge.3216@gmail.com
> 0447 667 468
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>