I was just wondering how to completely disable updates on my Yoga 2 11, which has a corrupted BIOS-- I can't fix broken updates with a reinstall anymore. I was wondering specifically if there was a way to disable the commandsudo apt-get upgradeand the update manager as well. I don't want my laptop being updated at all, and I know I'll break my system or something if I update! Thanks for any and all input.
asked Apr 7, 2018 at 4:05
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In the System Settings go to Software & Updates, under "Updates" set "Automatically check for updates" to Never
And Disable unattended upgrades:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades
Select "no" when asked "Automatically download and install stable updates?" then select "ok".
Instead of disabling apt-get it would be better to place a hold on packages you dont't want to get updated as shown in the answer to this question:
answered Apr 7, 2018 at 4:13
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When I type in sudo apt-get upgrade, it asks me if I want to upgrade packages still. I'm afraid to see if it will. Will it, now? It shows that the upgrades are there. Apr 7, 2018 at 7:10
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apt-get update only updates the list of available packages and their versions, but it does not install or upgrade any packages. As long as you have disabled updates and unattended-upgrades no packages should automatically update. Apr 7, 2018 at 7:22
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Yeah I'm not afraid of automatic updates, I'm afraid I'll stupidly type in sudo apt-get upgrade -y and upgrade everything. Apr 7, 2018 at 7:25
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Sorry I mis-read your first comment. Yes - if you manually run
apt-get upgradeit will install the updated packages. It shows upgrades are there (available) becauseapt-get uptateshad been already run. Apr 7, 2018 at 7:52 -
1Well yeah, but you haven't given me a solution to keep my update-happy a** from updating/upgrading with the proper commands w/o thinking about it lol Apr 8, 2018 at 2:38