Hi Thanks for your help and time. I really appreciate it.
> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 5:29 PM > From: l0f...@tuta.io > To: "Debian User" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of > software/security updates? > > NB: You can still filter `apt-cache rdepends` results with some other > switches like `--no-pre-depends`, `--no-recommends`, `--no-suggests`, > `--no-conflicts`, `--no-breaks`, `--no-replaces` and `--no-enhances`. Thanks for the above tip. Can I do something like the following using your above filters? sudo apt rdepends <package-name> --no-recommends sudo apt rdepends <package-name> --no-suggests > > As said Socrates: "I know that I do not know.". It happens everyday for me ;p > I think you're being modest. You know so much more than me. > Back to your question, here are other suggestions I can think about: > * cron-apt > * apticron (its goal is only to send notifications by emails but it certainly > triggers `apt update` to do that. So maybe this update triggers some other > things from your side as well, like widgets...) > * widgets/applets for your favorite desktop environment (I can't help you, I > don't use any...) My knowledge of computing, Linux and Debian is elementary and hence I won't know how to set up a cron-apt or use apticron. Question: Is it a prerequisite (pre-condition) that to set up a cron job to download updates at a fixed time every day, the OS must have the installed package "unattended-upgrades"? > > NB: If not explicitely mentioned by a debian-user poster, most of the time > (s)he is a subscriber of this mailing-list. At least I am, so you can omit my > email address in each of your answers (I'm currently receiving all your > emails twice) ;) > I apologize if I have caused inconvenience to you and shall remember to remove your email address when I reply to yours. Best regards.
