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The title is sufficient I think. How can I stop Fedora to automatically download and install system and software updates on restart?

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dnf is a background service that updates the repository metadata automatically. dnf makecache is scheduled to run after every reboot

To disable dnf-makecache.service:

systemctl disable dnf-makecache.service

Also disable the dnf-makecache.timer or the service will be restarted:

systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer

Regards

stefzeer
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  • Thank you, I've accepted the answer. I just wonder if commands are the only option to disable updates on Fedora 25, is it possible through editing configuration files as well? –  Nov 09 '16 at 11:46
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    Note that you _also_ will need to separately disable packagekit refreshes. This is a known problem and I'm optimistic that we'll get this solved in the next release (but not F25). `gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false` – mattdm Nov 09 '16 at 15:14
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    the mattdm comment has to be in the answer, seems to be the obligatory piece of the puzzle as everything else was kinda disabled – MolbOrg Apr 10 '17 at 16:19
  • Even after setting download-updates=false in gsettings, it's downloading huge metadata files which is very very annoying. I'm trying to use fedora after long time Ubuntu and this reminded me why I chose ubuntu first. – Anwar Jul 18 '17 at 04:52