I've lost the automatic upgrade function

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:52:54 +0900
Dave M G <martin at autotelic.com> wrote:

> Ubuntu Users,
> 
> I'm running Dapper, and for weeks after I installed it, almost daily a 
> little icon would appear in the top right corner saying that there were 
> upgrades available.
> 
> Then I used Synaptic to remove some Nvidia related driver packages, and 
> accidentally blew away some Gnome related packages.
> 
> Since then I have not been able to get the update utility back. I can 
> get upgrades by going to Synaptic and marking upgrades to install. But I 
> would rather the check was handled automatically.
> 
> I looked for update related packages, and found apt-watch, but I don't 
> think that's it because the icon is different.
> 
> How do I get the automatic update feature back?
> 
> Thanks for your help.

 $ apt-cache search update-manager
update-manager - GNOME application that manages apt updates

I think you'll find that's the one -

gksudo update-manager 

brings up the interface, but I assume the package includes the
"notification area" icon as well...

Check your settings in Synaptic for updates as well, under
Settings -Repositories - Settings - Internet Updates - Automatically Check
for software updates

Peter

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