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Software Updater popping up every day

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Every day - some days more than once - a Software Updater appears in my left side bar. Is this normal in Ubuntu? Do I really have every day to see this and restart my computer? I don't want to miss the updates recommended for Ubuntu, but too often seems to be useless.

Is there a way to configure for updater to automatically install the most important packages? Or only search for the real important ones? I am basically a Java developer who will use Eclipse, MySql and Tomcat with some frameworks.

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answered 2 Years ago hamostic · Accepted Answer

Yeah that's normal. You can disable it or reduce the frequency.

To disable it, go to Startup Applications (you can search for it in the dash) and unchecking Update Notifier. These applications can be hidden sometimes and you need to show them. See this question: How do I add/remove the "hidden" startup applications?

Then make sure you periodically run these commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

To reduce the frequency, see the answer above by @chakes.