How to Install and Uninstall unattended-upgrades Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "unattended-upgrades" package

This guide let you learn how to install unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: unattended-upgrades
Architecture: all
Version: 2.7
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Vogt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 436
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
Filename: pool/main/u/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades_2.7_all.deb
Size: 47988
MD5sum: 418bfac5a2f3f01f782e6a38fe057bbd
SHA1: 6595042cdd741d4abaca146869a566515d35c696
SHA256: 73713e80bbe06f7f52532879c82f9c9452476cb0af254c67d3eb03586e180712
SHA512: f655ae127ae0c582d9266ea60f277a789a9a45736b088ef79029fa9ef97e691ac5092f99a1e4acb1f921e5db983fc36cbc00e9ecd47fae15fcd294f0cd9eba76
Description-en: automatic installation of security upgrades
This package can download and install security upgrades automatically
and unattended, taking care to only install packages from the
configured APT source, and checking for dpkg prompts about
configuration file changes.
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This script is the backend for the APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade
option.
Description-md5: 13ffb6fcb282e3e2203472fa9b1a59f7
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop