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Setting up Debian unattended upgrades

February 2nd, 2010

My standard setup (on Debian stable/Lenny):

aptitude install unattended-upgrades

cat > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
^D

cat >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50periodic
Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "example@example.com";
^D

It’s as easy as that.

Aidan Findlater Impersonal

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