I am on a metered internet service and want to control when automatic updates are done. Most postings (e.g. How do I turn off automatic updates COMPLETELY and FOR REAL?) suggest either:
cdonham@Axon:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgradesAPT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";or
I am still getting notices that new software is available. Note that it is not installing the software, it is just notifying me every morning that I have new software to install. So it is clearly still checking repositories for new packages. See:
Other relevant data:
- I have tried installing the updates it wants to do, but the next morning, there are more updates it wants to install.
- I have tried rebooting the computer to make sure all relevant services are referring to the updated files.
- I have DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS"
UPDATE:
My question is:
- It is clearly still checking repositories (and I don't know what else). I am trying to limit bandwidth because I am on a metered internet service (rural). How do I make it stop? (I thought "Automatically check for Updates --> Never" would mean don't check the repository for updates).
- Since I am not installing updates regularly, there are always updates to install. How do I make it stop prompting me to install updates?
Do I really have to resort to "apt remove" as the post references?
(seems awfully extreme to have to remove the packages)