Ubuntu Software Updater randomly popping up

Question

I don't know why but it randomly pops up sometimes every hour sometimes every 30 minutes with the message "The software is up to date"

I am also experiencing this and would like to know how to stop it. — Peter, Oct 09 '13 at 17:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 09 '13 at 17:31

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This would help you

Open Software Sources by running following command in terminal(Ctrl+Alt+T):
```
sudo software-properties-gtk
```
Then go to Updates tab.
Chose Never Under Automatically Check for Updates option.
Close the window.
Update your repository by:
```
sudo apt-get update.
```

After that it should not pop-up any message. Repeat same step if you again want Ubuntu to pop-up for you. Just change Never to any other option. Try it once.. Reply if something goes wrong..

answered Oct 09 '13 at 17:31

Saurav Kumar

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But this would stop checking for updates too! – jobin Feb 20 '14 at 19:17
@Jobin: Yes! you are absolutely correct. This will stop checking updates but also stop annoying popping update notifications. I've also mentioned the way to re-enable the update notification. Updating is not a daily task so some one can follow this way to prevent from the annoying message. – Saurav Kumar Feb 22 '14 at 05:35

Ubuntu Software Updater randomly popping up

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