How to Install and Uninstall unattended-upgrades Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "unattended-upgrades" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: unattended-upgrades
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.14
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 408
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, gir1.2-glib-2.0, powermgmt-base, python3, python3-apt, python3-gi, python3-dbus, ucf, lsb-release, lsb-base, xz-utils
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon | anacron
Suggests: bsd-mailx, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, needrestart
Filename: pool/main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1.18.04.14_all.deb
Size: 41728
MD5sum: 8395ac7eb2fdb92b4e013aded77b3c49
SHA1: c5e0a906c4cbca02cd35b0ca7c372ec2e1aef163
SHA256: 6e24cd0e776c7f652ad7c030ce734c65e09481be8f3ea2b6ed15d4bfa87f2e7d
SHA512: 472ccfec62f61650431c01fb009437e32117b2b3dac73468857c94ce896127313d9d50178ee9a43146c720efcfe5f7e66074047c148eaaa13e52593676651391
Description: automatic installation of security upgrades
Description-md5: 13ffb6fcb282e3e2203472fa9b1a59f7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: unattended-upgrades
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 356
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debconf, python3, python3-apt, ucf, lsb-release, lsb-base, xz-utils
Recommends: cron | cron-daemon | anacron
Suggests: bsd-mailx, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, needrestart
Filename: pool/main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 38572
MD5sum: ec8ecfaecca32714ce4e675b776bc73e
SHA1: e0b7cf29106d9b73d63f7973c2b31102700fb828
SHA256: 6b7303b5f2462304573bdb21d2a20d56760fc77e6c2df5e6e1ae7136e16752b4
Description: automatic installation of security upgrades
Description-md5: 13ffb6fcb282e3e2203472fa9b1a59f7
Task: ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y