At Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:57:38 -0600 Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 16:24:59 +0000 > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 9:40 PM, Lee <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Also required is something that tells you there are software updates > > > you should install. Maybe there's already a package that does that - > > > I don't know. I ended up writing my own script. > > > > > > Regards > > > Lee > > > > You mean Debian doesn't inform you if your OS needs an update? > > I don't know of any way to only have it automatically inform you of > updates. You could probably write a systemd unit or two to have it run > "apt list --upgradable" from time to time. Synaptic might have something > of the kind. > > Or you can have it install upgrades automatically by installing the > unattended-upgrades package. I have mine send emails so I can review > the results. It does occasionally hit an odd error which requires > manual intervention. I use a cron job on my vps: 0 3 * * 0 /usr/local/sbin/check-update.sh | /usr/bin/mail -s 'check-update' [email protected] sharky5% cat /usr/local/sbin/check-update.sh #!/bin/bash apt update apt list --upgradable > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
