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" <[email protected]> > To: "Stella Ashburne" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Kenneth Parker" <[email protected]>, "Debian Users" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > > On Tue, 25 May 2021 22:48:06 +0200 Stella Ashburne <[email protected]> > 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 > > [email protected] > 0447 667 468 > >
