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In Software & Updates I have auto check set to Never. Despite this Software Updater launches regularly, telling me about new updates.

What's the problem? What have I accomplished by setting auto updates to never, and why is it seemingly not respected?

Affected versions

  • Ubuntu 20.10

  • Ubuntu MATE 18.04.4

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    Does this answer your question? [How to stop apt from doing anything](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006189/how-to-stop-apt-from-doing-anything) , check [my answer there](https://askubuntu.com/a/1006199/66509). – N0rbert Jun 10 '20 at 19:42
  • @N0rbert Thanks, disabling the timers might work, although their descriptions are pretty vague. I'll give it a try. But there's still the question of what I accomplished by setting auto updates to Never, and why it's seemingly not respected... – Andreas Jun 10 '20 at 20:13
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    Your choices are supposed to be respected. Please file a bug report with sufficient detail for the problem to be reproduced on a clean-install in a test environment. – user535733 Jun 10 '20 at 20:42
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    Does this answer your question? [How do I utterly stop automatic update checks in Ubuntu 19.04?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1139545/how-do-i-utterly-stop-automatic-update-checks-in-ubuntu-19-04) I think that question, and its answers, apply to 18.04 as well. (On the other hand, that doesn't really answer the question of "What have I accomplished by setting auto updates to never".) – Eliah Kagan Jul 07 '20 at 06:19
  • @EliahKagan Removing `update-notifier` or `update-manager` removes the mate desktop package. I guess that won't end well later on. – Andreas Jul 08 '20 at 11:32
  • @EliahKagan I'll try the last two answers, wait, and see how it goes. Thanks! – Andreas Jul 08 '20 at 12:37
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    @EliahKagan No, those answers don't appear to have any effect on the issue. I was prompted for updates today. – Andreas Jul 20 '20 at 22:06

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