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Stormlord
Asked: 2018-06-22 02:08:56 +0800 CST

Cannot disable automatic update checks on Kubuntu 18.04

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I am trying to disable automatic update checks on Kubuntu 18.04. I have unticked the option to check for updates daily by using Settings -> Configure Software Sources -> Updates in muon but the system keeps checking for updates on every startup.

The contents of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic are

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

Is there anything else that has to be done in order to stop those automatic checks completely?

updates kubuntu 18.04

3 Answers

  1. To disable automatic upgrades in Kubuntu 18.04, run:

    $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades

    and when prompted Automatically download and install stable updates?, choose "No" and follow the remaining prompts. To see the status of automatic upgrades, run:

    $ apt-config dump APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade

    The value produced (an integer) means how often to update automatically, in days. A zero value means disabled.

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  2. At my 18.04.1 installation there was no file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic.

    After a short search I found:

    /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

    There I could disable my auto-updates. Maybe you could also have a look there for your solution.

    I just zero-ed the values; so my content of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades is now:

    APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
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  3. Changing those values in periodic only seem to disable the automatic update of package lists.

    To disable the annoying update-manager popup (also called update-notifier), I changed the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier from this:

    DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available 2>/dev/null || true";};
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"/usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available 2>/dev/null || true";};

    to this content:

    //DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available 2>/dev/null || true";};
//APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"/usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available 2>/dev/null || true";};

    Finally, no more annoying notifications aka. popups.

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