In case of GNOME, you might try the following
gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false
(gnome-software used packagekitd internally)
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On 29/01/2024 04:24, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
systemctl mask packagekit
I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems
to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what you think
it does.
Perhaps
Hello,
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:42:18PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:31:02PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I self-inflicted this by installing [unattended-upgrades] so many years ago?
>
> It's a dependency of some/most(?) desktop environments, I think. I
> doubt
Am So, Jan 28, 2024 at 16:31:02 -0500 schrieb Stefan Monnier:
the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed by
any chance?
Hmm yep, it is!
So that's it?
Well, you can look in /var/log/unattended-upgrades/ for the log files.
„dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades” will
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:31:02PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > There is probably some other package that's *using* packagekit to do
> > the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed by
> > any chance?
>
> Hmm yep, it is!
> So that's it?
> I self-inflicted this by
> I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems
> to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what you think
> it does.
Aha!
> There is probably some other package that's *using* packagekit to do
> the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades"
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 03:57:30PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> How can I stop those downloads?
> >>
> >> Currently, I did
> >>
> >> systemctl mask packagekit
I don't think you're looking at the right thing. "packagekit" seems
to be an interface to dbus. By itself, it doesn't do what
>> How can I stop those downloads?
>>
>> Currently, I did
>>
>> systemctl mask packagekit
>
> Well, you might just get rid of the package.
>
> apt purge packagekit
>
> should do it.
Of course, but that also gets rid of packages I do want to keep (such as
the `gnome` metapackage).
> To
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 14:10:46 -0500
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> How can I stop those downloads?
>
> Currently, I did
>
> systemctl mask packagekit
Well, you might just get rid of the package.
apt purge packagekit
should do it.
Less drastic, to simply shut down the current daemon,
systemctl
Apparently, there's now a thing called `packagekit` whose daemon seems
to like to download updates "in the background" for me.
Thanks, but no, thanks. This tends to occur at inopportune times for me
and it's not far enough "in the background", so it gets in the way
(furthermore, I like to
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