How to Install and Uninstall unattended-upgrades Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "unattended-upgrades" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install unattended-upgrades on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall unattended-upgrades on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                unattended-upgrades
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the unattended-upgrades package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: unattended-upgrades
Version: 2.8
Installed-Size: 326
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_2.8_all.deb
Size: 88592
MD5sum: 28d6b59cb2d657f345fdd28bafe9ebfd
SHA256: 667c2b2c3a92a037d0929bee52d9a616999f842812cebaec7443a16668c6babe