How to Install and Uninstall unattended-upgrades Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the unattended-upgrades on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "unattended-upgrades" package

This tutorial shows how to install unattended-upgrades on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "unattended-upgrades" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall unattended-upgrades on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unattended-upgrades package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: unattended-upgrades
Version: 2.9.1+nmu3
Installed-Size: 301
Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, python3, python3-apt (>= 1.9.6~), python3-dbus, python3-distro-info, ucf, lsb-release, lsb-base, xz-utils
Recommends: systemd-sysv | cron | cron-daemon | anacron
Suggests: bsd-mailx, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, needrestart, powermgmt-base, python3-gi
Description: automatic installation of security upgrades
Description-md5: 13ffb6fcb282e3e2203472fa9b1a59f7
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::python, role::program,
suite::debian, works-with::software:package
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_2.9.1+nmu3_all.deb
Size: 63252
MD5sum: 566c4a87ea56d11f0381884d4fbd2974
SHA256: 33c06547ae713f46d5a02b9ca05c75a2807809941cd5beff9e31f71eb4385cd1