How to disable the update manager popup?












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I configured this:



Automatically check for updates: Never


But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.



I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually.



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  • Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

    – Alexander Pozdneev
    Aug 27 '18 at 19:11
















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I configured this:



Automatically check for updates: Never


But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.



I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually.



What can I do?










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  • Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

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I configured this:



Automatically check for updates: Never


But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.



I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually.



What can I do?










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I configured this:



Automatically check for updates: Never


But the update manager keeps poping up against my wishes, I have no control. I feel like I'm using Windows again.



I want to be able to install updates from time to time, manually.



What can I do?







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  • Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

    – Alexander Pozdneev
    Aug 27 '18 at 19:11



















  • Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

    – Alexander Pozdneev
    Aug 27 '18 at 19:11

















Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

– Alexander Pozdneev
Aug 27 '18 at 19:11





Xubuntu 16.04: "Main menu" → "Session and Startup" → "Application Autostart" → uncheck "Update Notifier".

– Alexander Pozdneev
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Disabling the popups in the configuration seems not to be possible, as told by coteyr in the comments on this page (https://askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753: "It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update" – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14).



I also wanted to get rid of the popups and of the underlying program that would consume the resources of my Ubuntu 12.04 system on a weak Toshiba AC100 (ARM) -- https://answers.launchpad.net/ac100/+question/214505/.



So the simplest working solution must be removing the "update-manager" (as I've mentioned in the comments at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46315/4319 ).



I have had no problems after that because I could still use apt-get or synaptic to do package updates.






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    There're no "comments above".

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  • @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

    – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
    Sep 30 '16 at 17:37








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    @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

    – antivirtel
    Mar 1 '17 at 22:31






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    It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

    – Dylan Parry
    May 30 '17 at 14:33






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    @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

    – mchid
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Open up the config file that runs the update-manager part after apt



nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier


Add '#' infront of the line making it something similar to:



#DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };


Done.



This worked for me in stopping the update manager popping up after every apt update while still allowing me to run update-manager manually if i wanted to.






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  • That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

    – Tico
    Jan 8 '17 at 1:13











  • The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

    – RichVel
    May 27 '17 at 5:16



















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Just turning off notification of updates will not be enough. There are several background jobs that run apt-get update (including a nightly cron job if I remember right).



To stop the pop-up run update-manager



Then in settings, set Update automaticly to 'Never' and Notify of new version to 'Never'



Sample settings



I suggest leave security at immediately and, setting "others" to every two weeks.



You also need to make sure your not running apt-get update anywhere else. This can happen when you install software, run update-manager, or in a cron job.



If that doesn't work for you:



You can do this by



editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and changeing




APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";




to




APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";




Last Resort



You can also do apt-get remove update-manager to remove the feature all together.






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    It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

    – coteyr
    Nov 18 '12 at 9:14











  • Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

    – ChocoDeveloper
    Nov 18 '12 at 9:43






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    It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

    – coteyr
    Nov 18 '12 at 10:32






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    Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

    – Rho
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  • editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

    – Anwar
    Aug 14 '16 at 7:40





















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It is good that Ubuntu automatically checks for updates, it is not good that it pops-up windows against your will. You can have less invasive notifications via the gnome bar or from terminal based applications (like Byobu).



To disable the update-notifier while leaving the update-manager automatically checking for updates, run the following from a terminal:





  1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor in case you don't have it already installed


  2. sudo gconf-editor mind the sudo attribute

  3. search for app->update-notifier and un-tick the "auto-launch" option

  4. close the window


  5. gconf-editor this time as a user (i.e. without sudo)

  6. search again for app->update-notifier and change the "regular_auto_launch_interval" to the number of days you want it to wait before popping-up (0 is immediately, 1 one day, 99999999 basically never again)






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    This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

    – ChocoDeveloper
    Jan 25 '13 at 18:32






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    I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

    – pileofrocks
    May 30 '13 at 3:38






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    If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

    – webbertiger
    Feb 26 '16 at 5:40













  • Doesn't work as of 17.04

    – detly
    May 30 '17 at 21:58











  • it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

    – pcnate
    Dec 7 '17 at 5:06



















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You've set it to never check for updates, but you'll find the update manager is opening because it already knows there are updates to be done. Do the updates that it has and it won't bother you again until you update the file lists.



It's a bit like terminal will tell you when there are updates in the apt list that have been put there with 'apt-get update', and will keep on reminding you until you install them.






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  • Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

    – ChocoDeveloper
    Nov 18 '12 at 9:41






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    This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

    – mchid
    May 31 '14 at 23:23



















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sudo killall update-notifier
sudo mv /usr/bin/update-notifier /usr/bin/update-notifier.real
echo -e '#!/bin/bashnwhile :; do /bin/sleep 86400; done' | sudo tee /usr/bin/update-notifier
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/update-notifier


Brutal, but effective.






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    Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

    – muru
    Nov 5 '14 at 2:45











  • that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

    – sig_seg_v
    Apr 25 '16 at 3:44






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    This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

    – Sean Perry
    May 26 '16 at 19:44



















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Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome Session



You can fix that by removing "Update Notifier" from the "Startup Applications."



First allow it to display in the list of your startup applications.



sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop


Then uncheck the item here:



gnome-session-properties


This way you don't need to make any changes in your auto-update configuration (but you can if you want to), rename system files nor remove packages.






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    I do not like automatic updates so I want to disable them always.
    I use Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome desktop environment. I do not know if gsettings is available in Unity.



    On slow internet connections disabling apt-xapian-index prevents automatic package downloading which will take all your bandwith (I have 256 kb/s mobile sometimes).



    sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common 
    sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index
    sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common

    gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier regular-auto-launch-interval 3650
    gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1900000000


    Seemed to do the trick for me. 3650 means days...
    1900000000 tells that the update-manager is last run on year 2030 :)



    Update: On Ubuntu 16.04 it seems that you are able to disable automatic updates with following commands and by editing two files:



    sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop.old 
    sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop.old


    If extension is other than .desktop these commands won't be run on system start.



    Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic



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


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



    APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
    APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";


    If you have started Update manager even ONCE these files will contain four lines:



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


    Just change all values to "0"






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      I am not sure why anyone has not tried this.



      I simply disable all checkpoints under "ubuntu software" and "other software" in "software and updates", besides setting options under "automatic updates" and "check for newer version" to "never". This avoids any check up as there is no link, hence no pop-up.



      My main pain point was that these updates eat lot of internet data. For people on move, 3G/4G data is expensive and we'd like to optimize its usage. Hope ubuntu understands this concern and provides simpler options to disable updates completely as per user requirements.






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        I had a similar issue. Executing,



        apt-get purge update-notifer*


        resolved issue!
        Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS






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          Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set:



          Prompt=never
          change this with your favorite editor).



          Never use update-manager with -d this checks whether the next release is available or not.






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            For Ubuntu 16.04, and possibly other releases as well:



            sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-manager
            sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-notifier


            Then reboot. (Alternatively, it is possible that merely logging out and back in is sufficient.)



            You can verify that update-manager is not running by examining the output of:



            ps auxwww | grep update


            (Aside: Other posters have suggested sudo apt-get purge update-notifer*. However, I prefer not to remove packages that might be tangled up in the various desktop meta-packages.)






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            • Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

              – 6005
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            To disable the anoying popup after 12.04 had no longer support I did:
            cd to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d



            and edited: 15update-stamp



            commented de the original line and added a "fixed" line. My file had:



            APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";};


            and now I substituted it with:



            APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>true || true";};


            Now every time the update is run it is sort of as: "updates where searched for, not found (your system was no longer supported), but it was attempted, everything is as ok as it will get"






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              Disabling the popups in the configuration seems not to be possible, as told by coteyr in the comments on this page (https://askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753: "It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update" – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14).



              I also wanted to get rid of the popups and of the underlying program that would consume the resources of my Ubuntu 12.04 system on a weak Toshiba AC100 (ARM) -- https://answers.launchpad.net/ac100/+question/214505/.



              So the simplest working solution must be removing the "update-manager" (as I've mentioned in the comments at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46315/4319 ).



              I have had no problems after that because I could still use apt-get or synaptic to do package updates.






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                There're no "comments above".

                – Ruslan
                Sep 29 '16 at 11:23











              • @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

                – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
                Sep 30 '16 at 17:37








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                @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

                – antivirtel
                Mar 1 '17 at 22:31






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                It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

                – Dylan Parry
                May 30 '17 at 14:33






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                @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

                – mchid
                Aug 31 '17 at 1:36
















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              Disabling the popups in the configuration seems not to be possible, as told by coteyr in the comments on this page (https://askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753: "It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update" – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14).



              I also wanted to get rid of the popups and of the underlying program that would consume the resources of my Ubuntu 12.04 system on a weak Toshiba AC100 (ARM) -- https://answers.launchpad.net/ac100/+question/214505/.



              So the simplest working solution must be removing the "update-manager" (as I've mentioned in the comments at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46315/4319 ).



              I have had no problems after that because I could still use apt-get or synaptic to do package updates.






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                There're no "comments above".

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              • @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

                – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
                Sep 30 '16 at 17:37








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                @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

                – antivirtel
                Mar 1 '17 at 22:31






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                It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

                – Dylan Parry
                May 30 '17 at 14:33






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                @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

                – mchid
                Aug 31 '17 at 1:36














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              Disabling the popups in the configuration seems not to be possible, as told by coteyr in the comments on this page (https://askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753: "It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update" – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14).



              I also wanted to get rid of the popups and of the underlying program that would consume the resources of my Ubuntu 12.04 system on a weak Toshiba AC100 (ARM) -- https://answers.launchpad.net/ac100/+question/214505/.



              So the simplest working solution must be removing the "update-manager" (as I've mentioned in the comments at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46315/4319 ).



              I have had no problems after that because I could still use apt-get or synaptic to do package updates.






              share|improve this answer















              Disabling the popups in the configuration seems not to be possible, as told by coteyr in the comments on this page (https://askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753: "It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update" – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14).



              I also wanted to get rid of the popups and of the underlying program that would consume the resources of my Ubuntu 12.04 system on a weak Toshiba AC100 (ARM) -- https://answers.launchpad.net/ac100/+question/214505/.



              So the simplest working solution must be removing the "update-manager" (as I've mentioned in the comments at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/46315/4319 ).



              I have had no problems after that because I could still use apt-get or synaptic to do package updates.







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                There're no "comments above".

                – Ruslan
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              • @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

                – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
                Sep 30 '16 at 17:37








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                @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

                – antivirtel
                Mar 1 '17 at 22:31






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                It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

                – Dylan Parry
                May 30 '17 at 14:33






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                @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

                – mchid
                Aug 31 '17 at 1:36














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                There're no "comments above".

                – Ruslan
                Sep 29 '16 at 11:23











              • @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

                – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
                Sep 30 '16 at 17:37








              • 1





                @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

                – antivirtel
                Mar 1 '17 at 22:31






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                It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

                – Dylan Parry
                May 30 '17 at 14:33






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                @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

                – mchid
                Aug 31 '17 at 1:36








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              There're no "comments above".

              – Ruslan
              Sep 29 '16 at 11:23





              There're no "comments above".

              – Ruslan
              Sep 29 '16 at 11:23













              @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

              – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
              Sep 30 '16 at 17:37







              @Ruslan They were "aove", as you can guess. Specifically, this one by coteyr describes the situation precisely -- askubuntu.com/a/218780/19753 : It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update – coteyr Nov 18 '12 at 9:14

              – imz -- Ivan Zakharyaschev
              Sep 30 '16 at 17:37






              1




              1





              @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

              – antivirtel
              Mar 1 '17 at 22:31





              @imz - on 16.10 it couldn't be removed, since it will remove other packages, like ubuntu-desktop: paste2.org/xHxWLBtf - a possible solution: remove the binary file (/usr/bin/update-manager), and apt hold package to prevent updates (echo update-manager hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections).

              – antivirtel
              Mar 1 '17 at 22:31




              1




              1





              It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

              – Dylan Parry
              May 30 '17 at 14:33





              It's probably better to just remove update-notifier rather than the entire update manager. Remember to run pkill update-notifier after removing it (or reboot), otherwise Ubuntu will show an error in the indicator panel.

              – Dylan Parry
              May 30 '17 at 14:33




              1




              1





              @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

              – mchid
              Aug 31 '17 at 1:36





              @antivirtel ubuntu-desktop is a metapackage so you can remove it without removing the actual desktop so that shouldn't be a problem.

              – mchid
              Aug 31 '17 at 1:36













              16














              Open up the config file that runs the update-manager part after apt



              nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier


              Add '#' infront of the line making it something similar to:



              #DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };


              Done.



              This worked for me in stopping the update manager popping up after every apt update while still allowing me to run update-manager manually if i wanted to.






              share|improve this answer
























              • That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

                – Tico
                Jan 8 '17 at 1:13











              • The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

                – RichVel
                May 27 '17 at 5:16
















              16














              Open up the config file that runs the update-manager part after apt



              nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier


              Add '#' infront of the line making it something similar to:



              #DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };


              Done.



              This worked for me in stopping the update manager popping up after every apt update while still allowing me to run update-manager manually if i wanted to.






              share|improve this answer
























              • That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

                – Tico
                Jan 8 '17 at 1:13











              • The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

                – RichVel
                May 27 '17 at 5:16














              16












              16








              16







              Open up the config file that runs the update-manager part after apt



              nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier


              Add '#' infront of the line making it something similar to:



              #DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };


              Done.



              This worked for me in stopping the update manager popping up after every apt update while still allowing me to run update-manager manually if i wanted to.






              share|improve this answer













              Open up the config file that runs the update-manager part after apt



              nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier


              Add '#' infront of the line making it something similar to:



              #DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };


              Done.



              This worked for me in stopping the update manager popping up after every apt update while still allowing me to run update-manager manually if i wanted to.







              share|improve this answer












              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer










              answered Nov 20 '15 at 13:47









              Allu2Allu2

              696512




              696512













              • That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

                – Tico
                Jan 8 '17 at 1:13











              • The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

                – RichVel
                May 27 '17 at 5:16



















              • That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

                – Tico
                Jan 8 '17 at 1:13











              • The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

                – RichVel
                May 27 '17 at 5:16

















              That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

              – Tico
              Jan 8 '17 at 1:13





              That seems to have worked for me (16.04)

              – Tico
              Jan 8 '17 at 1:13













              The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

              – RichVel
              May 27 '17 at 5:16





              The comment syntax for this config file is to start lines with // - this solution may work as long as the APT scripts skip the invalid line rather than stopping with a syntax error.

              – RichVel
              May 27 '17 at 5:16











              15














              Just turning off notification of updates will not be enough. There are several background jobs that run apt-get update (including a nightly cron job if I remember right).



              To stop the pop-up run update-manager



              Then in settings, set Update automaticly to 'Never' and Notify of new version to 'Never'



              Sample settings



              I suggest leave security at immediately and, setting "others" to every two weeks.



              You also need to make sure your not running apt-get update anywhere else. This can happen when you install software, run update-manager, or in a cron job.



              If that doesn't work for you:



              You can do this by



              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and changeing




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";




              to




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";




              Last Resort



              You can also do apt-get remove update-manager to remove the feature all together.






              share|improve this answer





















              • 3





                It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:14











              • Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:43






              • 3





                It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 10:32






              • 2





                Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

                – Rho
                May 16 '16 at 15:54











              • editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

                – Anwar
                Aug 14 '16 at 7:40


















              15














              Just turning off notification of updates will not be enough. There are several background jobs that run apt-get update (including a nightly cron job if I remember right).



              To stop the pop-up run update-manager



              Then in settings, set Update automaticly to 'Never' and Notify of new version to 'Never'



              Sample settings



              I suggest leave security at immediately and, setting "others" to every two weeks.



              You also need to make sure your not running apt-get update anywhere else. This can happen when you install software, run update-manager, or in a cron job.



              If that doesn't work for you:



              You can do this by



              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and changeing




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";




              to




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";




              Last Resort



              You can also do apt-get remove update-manager to remove the feature all together.






              share|improve this answer





















              • 3





                It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:14











              • Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:43






              • 3





                It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 10:32






              • 2





                Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

                – Rho
                May 16 '16 at 15:54











              • editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

                – Anwar
                Aug 14 '16 at 7:40
















              15












              15








              15







              Just turning off notification of updates will not be enough. There are several background jobs that run apt-get update (including a nightly cron job if I remember right).



              To stop the pop-up run update-manager



              Then in settings, set Update automaticly to 'Never' and Notify of new version to 'Never'



              Sample settings



              I suggest leave security at immediately and, setting "others" to every two weeks.



              You also need to make sure your not running apt-get update anywhere else. This can happen when you install software, run update-manager, or in a cron job.



              If that doesn't work for you:



              You can do this by



              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and changeing




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";




              to




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";




              Last Resort



              You can also do apt-get remove update-manager to remove the feature all together.






              share|improve this answer















              Just turning off notification of updates will not be enough. There are several background jobs that run apt-get update (including a nightly cron job if I remember right).



              To stop the pop-up run update-manager



              Then in settings, set Update automaticly to 'Never' and Notify of new version to 'Never'



              Sample settings



              I suggest leave security at immediately and, setting "others" to every two weeks.



              You also need to make sure your not running apt-get update anywhere else. This can happen when you install software, run update-manager, or in a cron job.



              If that doesn't work for you:



              You can do this by



              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic and changeing




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";




              to




              APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";




              Last Resort



              You can also do apt-get remove update-manager to remove the feature all together.







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer








              edited Sep 30 '16 at 8:07









              Aleksander Alekseev

              1159




              1159










              answered Nov 18 '12 at 9:08









              coteyrcoteyr

              12.2k52449




              12.2k52449








              • 3





                It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:14











              • Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:43






              • 3





                It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 10:32






              • 2





                Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

                – Rho
                May 16 '16 at 15:54











              • editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

                – Anwar
                Aug 14 '16 at 7:40
















              • 3





                It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:14











              • Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:43






              • 3





                It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

                – coteyr
                Nov 18 '12 at 10:32






              • 2





                Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

                – Rho
                May 16 '16 at 15:54











              • editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

                – Anwar
                Aug 14 '16 at 7:40










              3




              3





              It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

              – coteyr
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:14





              It's important to note that other then removing update-manager-core you can't really stop the popup. You can just delay it till something else runs apt-get update

              – coteyr
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:14













              Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:43





              Ah, apt-get update is the culprit then. So what do I lose exactly if I remove update-manager-core? I think I read somewhere that it will remove the desktop too if you use unity.

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:43




              3




              3





              It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

              – coteyr
              Nov 18 '12 at 10:32





              It will remove the desktop 'meta-package'. But that shouldn't harm a thing. It's just a shortcut for installing all the other packages needed for an official "ubuntu" You will loose update-manager. You will need to update manually.

              – coteyr
              Nov 18 '12 at 10:32




              2




              2





              Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

              – Rho
              May 16 '16 at 15:54





              Actually running apt-get remove update-manager-core removes almost the entire system. The proper package to remove is update-notifier: apt-get remove update-notifier which will also remove update-manager-core without pushing further packages to be removed. Cheers! :)

              – Rho
              May 16 '16 at 15:54













              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

              – Anwar
              Aug 14 '16 at 7:40







              editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic only stop apt-get to check for updates automatically. It won't stop the notification

              – Anwar
              Aug 14 '16 at 7:40













              6














              It is good that Ubuntu automatically checks for updates, it is not good that it pops-up windows against your will. You can have less invasive notifications via the gnome bar or from terminal based applications (like Byobu).



              To disable the update-notifier while leaving the update-manager automatically checking for updates, run the following from a terminal:





              1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor in case you don't have it already installed


              2. sudo gconf-editor mind the sudo attribute

              3. search for app->update-notifier and un-tick the "auto-launch" option

              4. close the window


              5. gconf-editor this time as a user (i.e. without sudo)

              6. search again for app->update-notifier and change the "regular_auto_launch_interval" to the number of days you want it to wait before popping-up (0 is immediately, 1 one day, 99999999 basically never again)






              share|improve this answer





















              • 1





                This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Jan 25 '13 at 18:32






              • 6





                I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

                – pileofrocks
                May 30 '13 at 3:38






              • 1





                If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

                – webbertiger
                Feb 26 '16 at 5:40













              • Doesn't work as of 17.04

                – detly
                May 30 '17 at 21:58











              • it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

                – pcnate
                Dec 7 '17 at 5:06
















              6














              It is good that Ubuntu automatically checks for updates, it is not good that it pops-up windows against your will. You can have less invasive notifications via the gnome bar or from terminal based applications (like Byobu).



              To disable the update-notifier while leaving the update-manager automatically checking for updates, run the following from a terminal:





              1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor in case you don't have it already installed


              2. sudo gconf-editor mind the sudo attribute

              3. search for app->update-notifier and un-tick the "auto-launch" option

              4. close the window


              5. gconf-editor this time as a user (i.e. without sudo)

              6. search again for app->update-notifier and change the "regular_auto_launch_interval" to the number of days you want it to wait before popping-up (0 is immediately, 1 one day, 99999999 basically never again)






              share|improve this answer





















              • 1





                This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Jan 25 '13 at 18:32






              • 6





                I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

                – pileofrocks
                May 30 '13 at 3:38






              • 1





                If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

                – webbertiger
                Feb 26 '16 at 5:40













              • Doesn't work as of 17.04

                – detly
                May 30 '17 at 21:58











              • it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

                – pcnate
                Dec 7 '17 at 5:06














              6












              6








              6







              It is good that Ubuntu automatically checks for updates, it is not good that it pops-up windows against your will. You can have less invasive notifications via the gnome bar or from terminal based applications (like Byobu).



              To disable the update-notifier while leaving the update-manager automatically checking for updates, run the following from a terminal:





              1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor in case you don't have it already installed


              2. sudo gconf-editor mind the sudo attribute

              3. search for app->update-notifier and un-tick the "auto-launch" option

              4. close the window


              5. gconf-editor this time as a user (i.e. without sudo)

              6. search again for app->update-notifier and change the "regular_auto_launch_interval" to the number of days you want it to wait before popping-up (0 is immediately, 1 one day, 99999999 basically never again)






              share|improve this answer















              It is good that Ubuntu automatically checks for updates, it is not good that it pops-up windows against your will. You can have less invasive notifications via the gnome bar or from terminal based applications (like Byobu).



              To disable the update-notifier while leaving the update-manager automatically checking for updates, run the following from a terminal:





              1. sudo apt-get install gconf-editor in case you don't have it already installed


              2. sudo gconf-editor mind the sudo attribute

              3. search for app->update-notifier and un-tick the "auto-launch" option

              4. close the window


              5. gconf-editor this time as a user (i.e. without sudo)

              6. search again for app->update-notifier and change the "regular_auto_launch_interval" to the number of days you want it to wait before popping-up (0 is immediately, 1 one day, 99999999 basically never again)







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer








              edited Feb 18 '17 at 7:55

























              answered Jan 22 '13 at 20:11









              Andrea BorgaAndrea Borga

              6271021




              6271021








              • 1





                This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Jan 25 '13 at 18:32






              • 6





                I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

                – pileofrocks
                May 30 '13 at 3:38






              • 1





                If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

                – webbertiger
                Feb 26 '16 at 5:40













              • Doesn't work as of 17.04

                – detly
                May 30 '17 at 21:58











              • it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

                – pcnate
                Dec 7 '17 at 5:06














              • 1





                This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Jan 25 '13 at 18:32






              • 6





                I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

                – pileofrocks
                May 30 '13 at 3:38






              • 1





                If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

                – webbertiger
                Feb 26 '16 at 5:40













              • Doesn't work as of 17.04

                – detly
                May 30 '17 at 21:58











              • it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

                – pcnate
                Dec 7 '17 at 5:06








              1




              1





              This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Jan 25 '13 at 18:32





              This sounds like what I need, but I don't have that option. I have 'apps->update-manager', end there is no 'auto-launch' to un-tick.

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Jan 25 '13 at 18:32




              6




              6





              I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

              – pileofrocks
              May 30 '13 at 3:38





              I do not have update-notifier either (13.04). It seems this instruction is obsolete at least for 13.04?

              – pileofrocks
              May 30 '13 at 3:38




              1




              1





              If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

              – webbertiger
              Feb 26 '16 at 5:40







              If you don't have update-notifier entry, you can use command line: gconftool-2 --set "/apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval" --type int 9999

              – webbertiger
              Feb 26 '16 at 5:40















              Doesn't work as of 17.04

              – detly
              May 30 '17 at 21:58





              Doesn't work as of 17.04

              – detly
              May 30 '17 at 21:58













              it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

              – pcnate
              Dec 7 '17 at 5:06





              it is not good that ubuntu checks for updates and gives you no choice. checking for updates manually is part of my daily routine on the terminal. GUI popups when not welcome are as welcome as baseball bats to the face

              – pcnate
              Dec 7 '17 at 5:06











              4














              You've set it to never check for updates, but you'll find the update manager is opening because it already knows there are updates to be done. Do the updates that it has and it won't bother you again until you update the file lists.



              It's a bit like terminal will tell you when there are updates in the apt list that have been put there with 'apt-get update', and will keep on reminding you until you install them.






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              • Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:41






              • 1





                This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

                – mchid
                May 31 '14 at 23:23
















              4














              You've set it to never check for updates, but you'll find the update manager is opening because it already knows there are updates to be done. Do the updates that it has and it won't bother you again until you update the file lists.



              It's a bit like terminal will tell you when there are updates in the apt list that have been put there with 'apt-get update', and will keep on reminding you until you install them.






              share|improve this answer
























              • Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:41






              • 1





                This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

                – mchid
                May 31 '14 at 23:23














              4












              4








              4







              You've set it to never check for updates, but you'll find the update manager is opening because it already knows there are updates to be done. Do the updates that it has and it won't bother you again until you update the file lists.



              It's a bit like terminal will tell you when there are updates in the apt list that have been put there with 'apt-get update', and will keep on reminding you until you install them.






              share|improve this answer













              You've set it to never check for updates, but you'll find the update manager is opening because it already knows there are updates to be done. Do the updates that it has and it won't bother you again until you update the file lists.



              It's a bit like terminal will tell you when there are updates in the apt list that have been put there with 'apt-get update', and will keep on reminding you until you install them.







              share|improve this answer












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              answered Nov 18 '12 at 8:01









              fabricator4fabricator4

              7,32112539




              7,32112539













              • Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:41






              • 1





                This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

                – mchid
                May 31 '14 at 23:23



















              • Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

                – ChocoDeveloper
                Nov 18 '12 at 9:41






              • 1





                This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

                – mchid
                May 31 '14 at 23:23

















              Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:41





              Now you make me doubt about whether I've already done this in this particular box. Will try again

              – ChocoDeveloper
              Nov 18 '12 at 9:41




              1




              1





              This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

              – mchid
              May 31 '14 at 23:23





              This doesn't work for 14.04 (xfce ubuntustudio 64). It checks for updates and reports my computer is up to date.

              – mchid
              May 31 '14 at 23:23











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              sudo killall update-notifier
              sudo mv /usr/bin/update-notifier /usr/bin/update-notifier.real
              echo -e '#!/bin/bashnwhile :; do /bin/sleep 86400; done' | sudo tee /usr/bin/update-notifier
              sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/update-notifier


              Brutal, but effective.






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              • 1





                Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

                – muru
                Nov 5 '14 at 2:45











              • that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

                – sig_seg_v
                Apr 25 '16 at 3:44






              • 1





                This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

                – Sean Perry
                May 26 '16 at 19:44
















              3














              sudo killall update-notifier
              sudo mv /usr/bin/update-notifier /usr/bin/update-notifier.real
              echo -e '#!/bin/bashnwhile :; do /bin/sleep 86400; done' | sudo tee /usr/bin/update-notifier
              sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/update-notifier


              Brutal, but effective.






              share|improve this answer



















              • 1





                Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

                – muru
                Nov 5 '14 at 2:45











              • that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

                – sig_seg_v
                Apr 25 '16 at 3:44






              • 1





                This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

                – Sean Perry
                May 26 '16 at 19:44














              3












              3








              3







              sudo killall update-notifier
              sudo mv /usr/bin/update-notifier /usr/bin/update-notifier.real
              echo -e '#!/bin/bashnwhile :; do /bin/sleep 86400; done' | sudo tee /usr/bin/update-notifier
              sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/update-notifier


              Brutal, but effective.






              share|improve this answer













              sudo killall update-notifier
              sudo mv /usr/bin/update-notifier /usr/bin/update-notifier.real
              echo -e '#!/bin/bashnwhile :; do /bin/sleep 86400; done' | sudo tee /usr/bin/update-notifier
              sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/update-notifier


              Brutal, but effective.







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              answered Nov 5 '14 at 2:24









              GBAGBA

              311




              311








              • 1





                Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

                – muru
                Nov 5 '14 at 2:45











              • that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

                – sig_seg_v
                Apr 25 '16 at 3:44






              • 1





                This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

                – Sean Perry
                May 26 '16 at 19:44














              • 1





                Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

                – muru
                Nov 5 '14 at 2:45











              • that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

                – sig_seg_v
                Apr 25 '16 at 3:44






              • 1





                This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

                – Sean Perry
                May 26 '16 at 19:44








              1




              1





              Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

              – muru
              Nov 5 '14 at 2:45





              Why a day-long sleep and not a simple exit?

              – muru
              Nov 5 '14 at 2:45













              that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

              – sig_seg_v
              Apr 25 '16 at 3:44





              that might cause problems if the service manager kept restarting update-notifier when it exited. I'm not exactly sure what program it is that manages this "feature". glad that you can still uninstall it without it immediately breaking anything =/, I hope that not having the ubuntu-gnome-desktop metapackage anymore doesn't leave me out of anything like cool programs added to it in the future

              – sig_seg_v
              Apr 25 '16 at 3:44




              1




              1





              This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

              – Sean Perry
              May 26 '16 at 19:44





              This is a solid option but it does not handle package updates. sudo dpkg-divert --divert /usr/bin/update-notifier.ubuntu --rename /usr/bin/update-notifier tells the packaging system that the sys admin has taken over that file.

              – Sean Perry
              May 26 '16 at 19:44











              2














              Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome Session



              You can fix that by removing "Update Notifier" from the "Startup Applications."



              First allow it to display in the list of your startup applications.



              sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop


              Then uncheck the item here:



              gnome-session-properties


              This way you don't need to make any changes in your auto-update configuration (but you can if you want to), rename system files nor remove packages.






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                Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome Session



                You can fix that by removing "Update Notifier" from the "Startup Applications."



                First allow it to display in the list of your startup applications.



                sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop


                Then uncheck the item here:



                gnome-session-properties


                This way you don't need to make any changes in your auto-update configuration (but you can if you want to), rename system files nor remove packages.






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                  2








                  2







                  Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome Session



                  You can fix that by removing "Update Notifier" from the "Startup Applications."



                  First allow it to display in the list of your startup applications.



                  sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop


                  Then uncheck the item here:



                  gnome-session-properties


                  This way you don't need to make any changes in your auto-update configuration (but you can if you want to), rename system files nor remove packages.






                  share|improve this answer













                  Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome Session



                  You can fix that by removing "Update Notifier" from the "Startup Applications."



                  First allow it to display in the list of your startup applications.



                  sudo sed --in-place 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop


                  Then uncheck the item here:



                  gnome-session-properties


                  This way you don't need to make any changes in your auto-update configuration (but you can if you want to), rename system files nor remove packages.







                  share|improve this answer












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                  answered Feb 4 '17 at 3:53









                  user334639user334639

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                      I do not like automatic updates so I want to disable them always.
                      I use Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome desktop environment. I do not know if gsettings is available in Unity.



                      On slow internet connections disabling apt-xapian-index prevents automatic package downloading which will take all your bandwith (I have 256 kb/s mobile sometimes).



                      sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common 
                      sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index
                      sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common

                      gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier regular-auto-launch-interval 3650
                      gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1900000000


                      Seemed to do the trick for me. 3650 means days...
                      1900000000 tells that the update-manager is last run on year 2030 :)



                      Update: On Ubuntu 16.04 it seems that you are able to disable automatic updates with following commands and by editing two files:



                      sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop.old 
                      sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop.old


                      If extension is other than .desktop these commands won't be run on system start.



                      Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic



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


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



                      APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
                      APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";


                      If you have started Update manager even ONCE these files will contain four lines:



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


                      Just change all values to "0"






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                        2














                        I do not like automatic updates so I want to disable them always.
                        I use Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome desktop environment. I do not know if gsettings is available in Unity.



                        On slow internet connections disabling apt-xapian-index prevents automatic package downloading which will take all your bandwith (I have 256 kb/s mobile sometimes).



                        sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common 
                        sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index
                        sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common

                        gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier regular-auto-launch-interval 3650
                        gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1900000000


                        Seemed to do the trick for me. 3650 means days...
                        1900000000 tells that the update-manager is last run on year 2030 :)



                        Update: On Ubuntu 16.04 it seems that you are able to disable automatic updates with following commands and by editing two files:



                        sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop.old 
                        sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop.old


                        If extension is other than .desktop these commands won't be run on system start.



                        Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic



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


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



                        APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
                        APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";


                        If you have started Update manager even ONCE these files will contain four lines:



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


                        Just change all values to "0"






                        share|improve this answer




























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                          2








                          2







                          I do not like automatic updates so I want to disable them always.
                          I use Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome desktop environment. I do not know if gsettings is available in Unity.



                          On slow internet connections disabling apt-xapian-index prevents automatic package downloading which will take all your bandwith (I have 256 kb/s mobile sometimes).



                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common 
                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index
                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common

                          gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier regular-auto-launch-interval 3650
                          gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1900000000


                          Seemed to do the trick for me. 3650 means days...
                          1900000000 tells that the update-manager is last run on year 2030 :)



                          Update: On Ubuntu 16.04 it seems that you are able to disable automatic updates with following commands and by editing two files:



                          sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop.old 
                          sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop.old


                          If extension is other than .desktop these commands won't be run on system start.



                          Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic



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


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



                          APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
                          APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";


                          If you have started Update manager even ONCE these files will contain four lines:



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


                          Just change all values to "0"






                          share|improve this answer















                          I do not like automatic updates so I want to disable them always.
                          I use Ubuntu 14.04 with Gnome desktop environment. I do not know if gsettings is available in Unity.



                          On slow internet connections disabling apt-xapian-index prevents automatic package downloading which will take all your bandwith (I have 256 kb/s mobile sometimes).



                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common 
                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index
                          sudo chmod a-x /etc/cron.weekly/update-notifier-common

                          gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-notifier regular-auto-launch-interval 3650
                          gsettings set com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1900000000


                          Seemed to do the trick for me. 3650 means days...
                          1900000000 tells that the update-manager is last run on year 2030 :)



                          Update: On Ubuntu 16.04 it seems that you are able to disable automatic updates with following commands and by editing two files:



                          sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop.old 
                          sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop.old


                          If extension is other than .desktop these commands won't be run on system start.



                          Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic



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


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



                          APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
                          APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";


                          If you have started Update manager even ONCE these files will contain four lines:



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


                          Just change all values to "0"







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                          edited Jan 8 '18 at 17:19

























                          answered Dec 6 '15 at 9:10









                          MazaMaza

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                              I am not sure why anyone has not tried this.



                              I simply disable all checkpoints under "ubuntu software" and "other software" in "software and updates", besides setting options under "automatic updates" and "check for newer version" to "never". This avoids any check up as there is no link, hence no pop-up.



                              My main pain point was that these updates eat lot of internet data. For people on move, 3G/4G data is expensive and we'd like to optimize its usage. Hope ubuntu understands this concern and provides simpler options to disable updates completely as per user requirements.






                              share|improve this answer






























                                2














                                I am not sure why anyone has not tried this.



                                I simply disable all checkpoints under "ubuntu software" and "other software" in "software and updates", besides setting options under "automatic updates" and "check for newer version" to "never". This avoids any check up as there is no link, hence no pop-up.



                                My main pain point was that these updates eat lot of internet data. For people on move, 3G/4G data is expensive and we'd like to optimize its usage. Hope ubuntu understands this concern and provides simpler options to disable updates completely as per user requirements.






                                share|improve this answer




























                                  2












                                  2








                                  2







                                  I am not sure why anyone has not tried this.



                                  I simply disable all checkpoints under "ubuntu software" and "other software" in "software and updates", besides setting options under "automatic updates" and "check for newer version" to "never". This avoids any check up as there is no link, hence no pop-up.



                                  My main pain point was that these updates eat lot of internet data. For people on move, 3G/4G data is expensive and we'd like to optimize its usage. Hope ubuntu understands this concern and provides simpler options to disable updates completely as per user requirements.






                                  share|improve this answer















                                  I am not sure why anyone has not tried this.



                                  I simply disable all checkpoints under "ubuntu software" and "other software" in "software and updates", besides setting options under "automatic updates" and "check for newer version" to "never". This avoids any check up as there is no link, hence no pop-up.



                                  My main pain point was that these updates eat lot of internet data. For people on move, 3G/4G data is expensive and we'd like to optimize its usage. Hope ubuntu understands this concern and provides simpler options to disable updates completely as per user requirements.







                                  share|improve this answer














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                                  edited Aug 27 '18 at 9:49

























                                  answered Apr 28 '16 at 7:15









                                  Shaurabh BhartiShaurabh Bharti

                                  23119




                                  23119























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                                      I had a similar issue. Executing,



                                      apt-get purge update-notifer*


                                      resolved issue!
                                      Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS






                                      share|improve this answer




























                                        1














                                        I had a similar issue. Executing,



                                        apt-get purge update-notifer*


                                        resolved issue!
                                        Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS






                                        share|improve this answer


























                                          1












                                          1








                                          1







                                          I had a similar issue. Executing,



                                          apt-get purge update-notifer*


                                          resolved issue!
                                          Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS






                                          share|improve this answer













                                          I had a similar issue. Executing,



                                          apt-get purge update-notifer*


                                          resolved issue!
                                          Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS







                                          share|improve this answer












                                          share|improve this answer



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                                          answered Oct 24 '15 at 13:15









                                          user205032user205032

                                          212




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                                              Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set:



                                              Prompt=never
                                              change this with your favorite editor).



                                              Never use update-manager with -d this checks whether the next release is available or not.






                                              share|improve this answer




























                                                1














                                                Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set:



                                                Prompt=never
                                                change this with your favorite editor).



                                                Never use update-manager with -d this checks whether the next release is available or not.






                                                share|improve this answer


























                                                  1












                                                  1








                                                  1







                                                  Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set:



                                                  Prompt=never
                                                  change this with your favorite editor).



                                                  Never use update-manager with -d this checks whether the next release is available or not.






                                                  share|improve this answer













                                                  Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set:



                                                  Prompt=never
                                                  change this with your favorite editor).



                                                  Never use update-manager with -d this checks whether the next release is available or not.







                                                  share|improve this answer












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                                                  answered Jan 18 '17 at 8:44









                                                  Akshay PatilAkshay Patil

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                                                      For Ubuntu 16.04, and possibly other releases as well:



                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-manager
                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-notifier


                                                      Then reboot. (Alternatively, it is possible that merely logging out and back in is sufficient.)



                                                      You can verify that update-manager is not running by examining the output of:



                                                      ps auxwww | grep update


                                                      (Aside: Other posters have suggested sudo apt-get purge update-notifer*. However, I prefer not to remove packages that might be tangled up in the various desktop meta-packages.)






                                                      share|improve this answer
























                                                      • Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

                                                        – 6005
                                                        Aug 25 '18 at 3:03
















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                                                      For Ubuntu 16.04, and possibly other releases as well:



                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-manager
                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-notifier


                                                      Then reboot. (Alternatively, it is possible that merely logging out and back in is sufficient.)



                                                      You can verify that update-manager is not running by examining the output of:



                                                      ps auxwww | grep update


                                                      (Aside: Other posters have suggested sudo apt-get purge update-notifer*. However, I prefer not to remove packages that might be tangled up in the various desktop meta-packages.)






                                                      share|improve this answer
























                                                      • Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

                                                        – 6005
                                                        Aug 25 '18 at 3:03














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                                                      For Ubuntu 16.04, and possibly other releases as well:



                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-manager
                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-notifier


                                                      Then reboot. (Alternatively, it is possible that merely logging out and back in is sufficient.)



                                                      You can verify that update-manager is not running by examining the output of:



                                                      ps auxwww | grep update


                                                      (Aside: Other posters have suggested sudo apt-get purge update-notifer*. However, I prefer not to remove packages that might be tangled up in the various desktop meta-packages.)






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                                                      For Ubuntu 16.04, and possibly other releases as well:



                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-manager
                                                      sudo chmod 000 /usr/bin/update-notifier


                                                      Then reboot. (Alternatively, it is possible that merely logging out and back in is sufficient.)



                                                      You can verify that update-manager is not running by examining the output of:



                                                      ps auxwww | grep update


                                                      (Aside: Other posters have suggested sudo apt-get purge update-notifer*. However, I prefer not to remove packages that might be tangled up in the various desktop meta-packages.)







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                                                      • Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

                                                        – 6005
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                                                      • Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

                                                        – 6005
                                                        Aug 25 '18 at 3:03

















                                                      Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

                                                      – 6005
                                                      Aug 25 '18 at 3:03





                                                      Hmm, several of these answers seem like dangerous hacks.

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                                                      To disable the anoying popup after 12.04 had no longer support I did:
                                                      cd to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d



                                                      and edited: 15update-stamp



                                                      commented de the original line and added a "fixed" line. My file had:



                                                      APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";};


                                                      and now I substituted it with:



                                                      APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>true || true";};


                                                      Now every time the update is run it is sort of as: "updates where searched for, not found (your system was no longer supported), but it was attempted, everything is as ok as it will get"






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                                                        To disable the anoying popup after 12.04 had no longer support I did:
                                                        cd to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d



                                                        and edited: 15update-stamp



                                                        commented de the original line and added a "fixed" line. My file had:



                                                        APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";};


                                                        and now I substituted it with:



                                                        APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>true || true";};


                                                        Now every time the update is run it is sort of as: "updates where searched for, not found (your system was no longer supported), but it was attempted, everything is as ok as it will get"






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                                                          To disable the anoying popup after 12.04 had no longer support I did:
                                                          cd to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d



                                                          and edited: 15update-stamp



                                                          commented de the original line and added a "fixed" line. My file had:



                                                          APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";};


                                                          and now I substituted it with:



                                                          APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>true || true";};


                                                          Now every time the update is run it is sort of as: "updates where searched for, not found (your system was no longer supported), but it was attempted, everything is as ok as it will get"






                                                          share|improve this answer















                                                          To disable the anoying popup after 12.04 had no longer support I did:
                                                          cd to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d



                                                          and edited: 15update-stamp



                                                          commented de the original line and added a "fixed" line. My file had:



                                                          APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";};


                                                          and now I substituted it with:



                                                          APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {"touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>true || true";};


                                                          Now every time the update is run it is sort of as: "updates where searched for, not found (your system was no longer supported), but it was attempted, everything is as ok as it will get"







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