Ubuntu – 16.10 – Ignoring update files

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When I run sudo apt-get update, this is what shows up:

hit1,hi2,3.. blah blah blah then this

N: Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension

Need help as soon as possible
This is happening to me after I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.10 from 16.04!

Best Answer

This is not a severe problem. It simply says that the file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist is ignored because of invalid file extension. Remove the extension and it should be all OK.

sudo mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

is the command you'll run to rename it.

In my 16.04, the content of the file is some configuration options related to apt that control whether or not automatic package update will run and automatic cleaning of packages will occur. Here is the content of it

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
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