How to Install and Uninstall unattended-upgrades Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "unattended-upgrades" package

This is a short guide on how to install unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: unattended-upgrades
Architecture: all
Version: 2.8
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_2.8_all.deb
Size: 48064
MD5sum: f6ddcf07e8070aae6aded3da4f62bb24
SHA1: 0d110f6219a677f63b0f5f43ee4676ed22142588
SHA256: a9be433d0b0cd7fa9ed4d8575302756a28eb0df1c2b8b3eedaca928fc908e673
SHA512: d8f28bec4c4f93701cbb53345af970ddeaa6a70c9402fbe27930e1bae23129e193b1f4f847be295180ff9e54082190b3b56ea40c58e6193178816926b9cc41d4
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-minimal, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-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, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi