Hi Thomas
Thank you for your help and time. I really appreciate it.
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 at 10:23 AM
From: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
I have the same problem.
OK, but do you use Ubuntu or Debian or both?
I saw this in: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1038923
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.timer
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.service
A poster named l0f4r0@tuta.io replied to me via this mailing list yesterday and below is what he wrote (verbatim):
"Cannot remember if you have Gnome installed but you should have a look at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/594287, especially ALL the associated comments (click on "Show 7 more comments")."
When I did a *fresh* minimal install of Debian about two years ago, I didn't install the whole Gnome DE. Instead, I installed the following packages: xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic file-roller gedit
A few days ago, after reading replies from some posters, I purged the package called unattended-upgrades. I don't know how and when it was installed in the first place. You see, about two years I chose the option Expert Install (without GUI) and during the installation process, I chose the option to not install updates automatically.
After reading what was written in the page (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/594287), I disabled the package called PackageKit today. Only time will tell if said step works.
By the way, does Ubuntu use the full or stripped-down version of Gnome Desktop Environment?
*fresh* = not upgraded from Debian Stretch