Auto Update

[brando569]

I was reading an article on linux.com that mentioned an auto update feature in ubuntu (i wouldnt know about it since i hate gnome) and i was wondering if there was something like that built into kubuntu or if it was available to download. i know there is adept updater but afaik you cant make that automatic. i was going to schedule a cron job but that most likely wouldnt work unless i added myself to the root group so i wouldnt ask me for a password when it tried to execute the job with sudo privileges.

[Snowhog]

Re: Auto Update

adept_notifier runs automatically. When updates to installed packages are available in the repositories, you are notified of this by the red triangle notification icon in the system tray. You click on it and your are prompted for your password. It then fetches the updates, showing you what packages are available for upgrade/install and you get the option to process the upgrades or to quit.

[Rog131]

Re: Auto Update

Note that > automatic-update-of-packages-using-cron-apt:

Automatic upgrade of all packages is NOT recommended unless you are in full control of the package repository.

Earlier > Topic: How to schedule adept package updates ? and Autocleaning local package archives

=>

- How to download upgradable packages with a cron script. Installing will be done later.

and

'buntu has built in :

/etc/cron.daily/apt

...
# "APT::Periodic:ownload-Upgradeable-Packages=0",
# - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
...
# "APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade"
# - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
# every n-days (0=disabled)
# Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
# a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
...

Package: unattended-upgrades

Install security upgrades automatically

This package will download and install security upgrades automatically and unattended. It will take care to only install packages from the configured origin and will check for conffile prompts.

Configuration files for the apt script are in the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.

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

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

More links > FAQ: Package Managers