UnattendedUpgrades - Unit apt-daily.timer is masked

Pausentee · May 27, 2024, 7:45pm

I am trying to install and modify download and upgrade schedules for [UnattendedUpgrades] (UnattendedUpgrades - Debian Wiki)
by
systemctl edit apt-daily-upgrade.timer and
systemctl restart apt-daily-upgrade.timer

But I always get that error message.
Any ideas?

I am on a fresh install on Raspi 5.

Joulinar · May 27, 2024, 8:22pm

Timer needs to be unmask as stated on the error message.

But there is no need for this addition software as we have a DietPi build in functionality to update apt packages once a day.

Pausentee · May 27, 2024, 9:28pm

So you are saying installing UnattendedUpgrades is unneccassary?
Because it is done anyway by DietPi?
Can I adjust times then for this service?

Joulinar · May 28, 2024, 1:29pm

Yes

You need to activate this feature within dietpi.txt

github.com

MichaIng/DietPi/blob/b13c6731a1d01bb3d9179f26da1cd02dea1a9b28/dietpi.txt#L200-L202


      
          # Daily check for APT package updates: 0=disable | 1=check only | 2=check and upgrade automatically
          # - Upgrade logs can be found at: /var/tmp/dietpi/logs/dietpi-update_apt.log
          CONFIG_CHECK_APT_UPDATES=1

The daily check is executed as part of the daily cron jobs. Theoretically can be adjusted using dietpi-cron

Pausentee · May 28, 2024, 1:44pm

As always, thanks for your patience.

system · August 26, 2024, 1:44pm

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