On 6/3/21 11:15 PM, Stella Ashburne wrote:
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" <tomd...@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 l0f...@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
I use Ubuntu. I removed the ubuntu desktop and installed vanilla gnome.
Google:
'Converting Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Vanilla Gnome3'
After I disabled timers, I rebooted. apt-update && apt-upgrade. After
that I had one popup that said I had upgrades pending. The apt timer
was set to expire in 3 hours...
