On 30-06-17, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 06:34:49PM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > If you want to > > prevent automatic upgrades and disable them, because you want to do it > > manually like you are used to, you should edit file > > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades and change it from this: > > > > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; > > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; > > > > to this: > > > > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0"; > > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0"; > > Or you can just remove the unattended-upgrades package, right? >
Sure, if you want to. On gnome, it is pulled in because of gnome-packagekit which recommends software-properties-gtk which depends on python3-software-properties which recommends unattended-upgrades. Personally would leave it on, because I like to have it in case that I become lazy with my daily routine and because I like to look at various things and understand how they work. But if OP does not need it, it is safe to remove/purge it.
