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Oleh Prypin
Asked: 2011-05-30 00:15:27 +0800 CST

Fully automatic updates in Kubuntu

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It is really annoying to click the update icon and enter password every time to confirm updates.

How can I setup fully automatic updates without any prompts? (Not only security updates)
Some small notification about finished updates would also be nice.

I'm using Kubuntu 11.04 and KPackageKit.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    • Open the file manager as super user, e.g. sudo dolphin
      Be careful with such instance of file manager because you may delete something important and break your system
    • Create a file named autoupdate in /etc/cron.* (where * is hourly, daily, weekly, monthly depending on your preference). I used /etc/cron.hourly/.

    • Put the following contents into the file:

      #!/bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
apt-get autoclean

      ... and save it.

    • Allow the file to be executed in its properties, or by using this: sudo chmod 755 autoupdate

    And that's it! You will have your software automatically updated without any notifications
    (of course, if you've turned off the notifications in update settings).
    Thanks to boehj for the source of information: Automatic Weekly Package Updates Using Cron And Apt-Get

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    • Open Kpackagekit
    • Uncheck confirmation dialog when installing or updating packages.
    • Uncheck Notify when updates available.
    • check all updates.

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