Thanks Kenneth for your reply. Your suggestion that I "apt-get purge unattended-upgrades" is intended to be a one-off operation or must I perform it each time I log into my OS? And yes, I manually perform "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt upgrade" about twice a day.
Marcello Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 3:05 AM From: "Kenneth Parker" <sea7k...@gmail.com> To: "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates? On Tue, May 25, 2021, 1:25 PM Stella Ashburne <rewe...@gmx.com[mailto:rewe...@gmx.com]> wrote:My OS is Debian 10.9 and has the kernel version: Linux localhost 5.10.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.24-1~bpo10+1 (2021-03-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux 1. I have already configured the OS not to download software updates automatically by using the widget "Software & Updates". Click the URL below to see a screenshot of the Software Updates: https://ibb.co/bs7pF9q[https://ibb.co/bs7pF9q] 2. I deleted the file 50unattended-upgrades located in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ In spite of the above two actions, Debian 10.9 still downloads software and security updates for me automatically in the background. Could someone help me with a fix that really works? One step I have taken is "apt-get purge unattended-upgrades". That said, I regularly update and upgrade my systems. Thanks. Marcello Good luck! Kenneth Parker
