How to stop Ubuntu pro nagging?

[Sarunas Burdulis]

On 2024-08-03 11:56, Carsten Agger wrote:
> 
> On 8/3/24 13:51, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
>> On 2024-08-03 07:47, Carsten Agger wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Some time ago, I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my girl friend's computer.
>>>
>>> I tried to set it up to only do automatic updates, but it turns out 
>>> it's constantly coming up with exhortations to "Install Ubuntu Pro" 
>>> and telling about updates that require Ubuntu Pro.
>>>
>>> How do I remove all traces again, so that it will never recommend her 
>>> to upgrade to Ubuntu Pro ever again?
>>
>> `apt purge` all of
>>
>> ubuntu-pro-client
>> ubuntu-advantage-tools
>>
>> They may creep back in with an upgrade to a new release though.
>>
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> One thing, though - this seems to remove also the "update-manager" 
> program, as that program has these two packages as dependencies. Have 
> you tried this and do you know if this may cause any problems?

Those packages are always removed on all the systems I manage. But we 
only use command line for updates and upgrades.

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Sarunas Burdulis
Dartmouth Mathematics
https://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas

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