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            <h1>Setup Automatic Updates on Debian</h1>
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	<li>Log into the Debian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal:
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install unattended-upgrades<br />
	sudo apt install unattended-upgrades -y<br />
	# edit unattended-upgrades config<br />
	sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</div>
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	<li>Update the unattended-upgrades conf as needed
	<p><em>Uncomment the ::Mail line and edit the email address to receive email notifications</em><br />
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	Unattended-Upgrade::Mail &quot;i12bretro@i12bretro.local&quot;;<br />
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	<em>Uncomment and set the value to true to automatically remove unused dependencies</em><br />
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	Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies &quot;true&quot;;</p>
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	<li>Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes</li>
	<li>Continue with the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># at the prompt, select Yes to enable automatic updates<br />
	sudo dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low unattended-upgrades<br />
	# enable and start the unattended upgrades service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable unattended-upgrades --now</div>
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	<li>That&#39;s it, updates will now be installed automatically. Logs can be found in /var/log/unattended-upgrades</li>
	<li>To run updates on demand, simply run the following command
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo unattended-upgrade -d</div>
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