Disable Software Updater Notification?





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I run apt update and upgrade every week, yet I keep getting a nag screen from the software updater. How do I disable this notification?



Or does apt not update and upgrade everything installed on my system?










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  • apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

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I run apt update and upgrade every week, yet I keep getting a nag screen from the software updater. How do I disable this notification?



Or does apt not update and upgrade everything installed on my system?










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  • apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

    – guiverc
    Feb 10 at 22:18














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I run apt update and upgrade every week, yet I keep getting a nag screen from the software updater. How do I disable this notification?



Or does apt not update and upgrade everything installed on my system?










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I run apt update and upgrade every week, yet I keep getting a nag screen from the software updater. How do I disable this notification?



Or does apt not update and upgrade everything installed on my system?







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  • apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

    – guiverc
    Feb 10 at 22:18



















  • apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

    – guiverc
    Feb 10 at 22:18

















apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

– guiverc
Feb 10 at 22:18





apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available). apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow kernel or version bump changes when you choose to perform apt dist-upgrade or apt full-upgrade. See man apt for more details.

– guiverc
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I assume that you opened the program "Software & Updates", looked at the Updates tab, and choose "Never" for "Automatically check for updates"? This cut the frequency down for me, but I also had to disable the apt daily services:



In a terminal enter the commands



sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer


Your manual updates (sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade) will work as normal, but the apt system will not automatically look about for new updates.






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  • Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

    – raisinbottom
    Feb 11 at 12:50





















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apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available).



apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow the upgrades that may force changes affecting the stability of currently running software/system, allowing you to choose when these are applied using apt full-upgrade



from man apt




   upgrade (apt-get(8))
upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on
the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be
installed if required to statisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be
removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the
upgrade for this package isn't performed.

full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed
packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.



Charles Green's answer covers the nag screens, I've chosen to cover only the 'upgrade' part of your question.






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    I assume that you opened the program "Software & Updates", looked at the Updates tab, and choose "Never" for "Automatically check for updates"? This cut the frequency down for me, but I also had to disable the apt daily services:



    In a terminal enter the commands



    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer


    Your manual updates (sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade) will work as normal, but the apt system will not automatically look about for new updates.






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    • Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

      – raisinbottom
      Feb 11 at 12:50


















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    I assume that you opened the program "Software & Updates", looked at the Updates tab, and choose "Never" for "Automatically check for updates"? This cut the frequency down for me, but I also had to disable the apt daily services:



    In a terminal enter the commands



    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer


    Your manual updates (sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade) will work as normal, but the apt system will not automatically look about for new updates.






    share|improve this answer
























    • Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

      – raisinbottom
      Feb 11 at 12:50
















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    I assume that you opened the program "Software & Updates", looked at the Updates tab, and choose "Never" for "Automatically check for updates"? This cut the frequency down for me, but I also had to disable the apt daily services:



    In a terminal enter the commands



    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer


    Your manual updates (sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade) will work as normal, but the apt system will not automatically look about for new updates.






    share|improve this answer













    I assume that you opened the program "Software & Updates", looked at the Updates tab, and choose "Never" for "Automatically check for updates"? This cut the frequency down for me, but I also had to disable the apt daily services:



    In a terminal enter the commands



    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
    sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer


    Your manual updates (sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade) will work as normal, but the apt system will not automatically look about for new updates.







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    • Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

      – raisinbottom
      Feb 11 at 12:50





















    • Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

      – raisinbottom
      Feb 11 at 12:50



















    Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

    – raisinbottom
    Feb 11 at 12:50







    Yes, the Updates tab had "Never" selected for "Automatically check for updates". I did those shell commands yesterday. This morning, I got the update nag screen. Ugh.

    – raisinbottom
    Feb 11 at 12:50















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    apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available).



    apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow the upgrades that may force changes affecting the stability of currently running software/system, allowing you to choose when these are applied using apt full-upgrade



    from man apt




       upgrade (apt-get(8))
    upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on
    the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be
    installed if required to statisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be
    removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the
    upgrade for this package isn't performed.

    full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
    full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed
    packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.



    Charles Green's answer covers the nag screens, I've chosen to cover only the 'upgrade' part of your question.






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      apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available).



      apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow the upgrades that may force changes affecting the stability of currently running software/system, allowing you to choose when these are applied using apt full-upgrade



      from man apt




         upgrade (apt-get(8))
      upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on
      the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be
      installed if required to statisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be
      removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the
      upgrade for this package isn't performed.

      full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
      full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed
      packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.



      Charles Green's answer covers the nag screens, I've chosen to cover only the 'upgrade' part of your question.






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        apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available).



        apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow the upgrades that may force changes affecting the stability of currently running software/system, allowing you to choose when these are applied using apt full-upgrade



        from man apt




           upgrade (apt-get(8))
        upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on
        the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be
        installed if required to statisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be
        removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the
        upgrade for this package isn't performed.

        full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
        full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed
        packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.



        Charles Green's answer covers the nag screens, I've chosen to cover only the 'upgrade' part of your question.






        share|improve this answer













        apt update updates your software repository lists (so your system knows what software is available).



        apt upgrade upgrades packages from that list within certain limitations, so NO it doesn't upgrade all packages. It allows you to delay reboots etc. until you decide to allow the upgrades that may force changes affecting the stability of currently running software/system, allowing you to choose when these are applied using apt full-upgrade



        from man apt




           upgrade (apt-get(8))
        upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on
        the system from the sources configured via sources.list(5). New packages will be
        installed if required to statisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be
        removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove of an installed package the
        upgrade for this package isn't performed.

        full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
        full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed
        packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.



        Charles Green's answer covers the nag screens, I've chosen to cover only the 'upgrade' part of your question.







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