# sudo apt-get install unattended-upgrades update-notifier-common uncoment // "Ubuntu karmic-updates"; sed -i '4s|//| |g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades uncoment //Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root@localhost"; sed -i 's|//Unattended-Upgrade::Mail|Unattended-Upgrade::Mail|g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades sed -i 's|APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";|APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";|g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic sed -i 's|APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";|APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "1";|g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic echo 'APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic ## test apt-get install cron-apt edit /etc/cron-apt/config MAILTO="root" MAILON="upgrade" cp /usr/share/doc/cron-apt/examples/9-notify /etc/cron-apt/action.d/ ##sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades # /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades # Links http://www.vanutsteen.nl/2008/06/09/unattended-upgrades-on-a-ubuntu-hardy-server/