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How can I write a script in Ubuntu such that it download updates at night when I sleep and reboots the computer if it needs a reboot?

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How can I write a script in Ubuntu such that it download updates at night when I sleep and reboots the computer if it needs a reboot?

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You can do this by installing the unattended-upgrades package; see its documentation for details of its configuration.

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades

will install it for you.

Installing it should be sufficient to enable it. To allow it to reboot when necessary, you’ll have to add a configuration file, e.g. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local, containing

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "yes";

By default, on Ubuntu, it will install any upgrade from the main repositories, whether it’s security-related or not. You can configure more repositories if necessary by overriding the Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins configuration key.

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  How official is this software source? I would not recommend to any user to install something from another source than their OS's software repository. Perhaps Ubuntu has something built-in (like CentOS's yum-cron)?
  
  – Ned64
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  @Ned64 it’s available as a package in Debian and Ubuntu, and is written by a Ubuntu developer. It piggy-backs off hooks in apt itself.
  
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  What do you suppose this package does if the file /var/run/reboot-required is never generated by the system? That is to say, some systems generate this file, others do not.
  
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  The only one I'm certain of is Raspbian (Raspberry Pi's default OS). Just out of curiosity - Isn't Ubuntu an "offspring" of Debian?
  
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You can do this by installing the unattended-upgrades package; see its documentation for details of its configuration.

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades

will install it for you.

Installing it should be sufficient to enable it. To allow it to reboot when necessary, you’ll have to add a configuration file, e.g. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local, containing

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "yes";

By default, on Ubuntu, it will install any upgrade from the main repositories, whether it’s security-related or not. You can configure more repositories if necessary by overriding the Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins configuration key.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  How official is this software source? I would not recommend to any user to install something from another source than their OS's software repository. Perhaps Ubuntu has something built-in (like CentOS's yum-cron)?
  
  – Ned64
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Ned64 it’s available as a package in Debian and Ubuntu, and is written by a Ubuntu developer. It piggy-backs off hooks in apt itself.
  
  – Stephen Kitt
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What do you suppose this package does if the file /var/run/reboot-required is never generated by the system? That is to say, some systems generate this file, others do not.
  
  – Seamus
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Seamus are there Debian or Ubuntu derivatives where reboot-required isn’t generated?
  
  – Stephen Kitt
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The only one I'm certain of is Raspbian (Raspberry Pi's default OS). Just out of curiosity - Isn't Ubuntu an "offspring" of Debian?
  
  – Seamus
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

16

You can do this by installing the unattended-upgrades package; see its documentation for details of its configuration.

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades

will install it for you.

Installing it should be sufficient to enable it. To allow it to reboot when necessary, you’ll have to add a configuration file, e.g. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local, containing

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "yes";

By default, on Ubuntu, it will install any upgrade from the main repositories, whether it’s security-related or not. You can configure more repositories if necessary by overriding the Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins configuration key.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Stephen KittStephen Kitt

181k25414492

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  How official is this software source? I would not recommend to any user to install something from another source than their OS's software repository. Perhaps Ubuntu has something built-in (like CentOS's yum-cron)?
  
  – Ned64
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Ned64 it’s available as a package in Debian and Ubuntu, and is written by a Ubuntu developer. It piggy-backs off hooks in apt itself.
  
  – Stephen Kitt
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What do you suppose this package does if the file /var/run/reboot-required is never generated by the system? That is to say, some systems generate this file, others do not.
  
  – Seamus
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Seamus are there Debian or Ubuntu derivatives where reboot-required isn’t generated?
  
  – Stephen Kitt
  2 days ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The only one I'm certain of is Raspbian (Raspberry Pi's default OS). Just out of curiosity - Isn't Ubuntu an "offspring" of Debian?
  
  – Seamus
  2 days ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

You can do this by installing the unattended-upgrades package; see its documentation for details of its configuration.

sudo apt install unattended-upgrades

will install it for you.

Installing it should be sufficient to enable it. To allow it to reboot when necessary, you’ll have to add a configuration file, e.g. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local, containing

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "yes";

By default, on Ubuntu, it will install any upgrade from the main repositories, whether it’s security-related or not. You can configure more repositories if necessary by overriding the Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins configuration key.

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Stephen KittStephen Kitt

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sudo apt install unattended-upgrades

Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "yes";

share|improve this answer

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Stephen KittStephen Kitt

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answered 2 days ago

Stephen KittStephen Kitt

181k25414492

answered 2 days ago

Stephen KittStephen Kitt

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