Ubuntu – Disable gnome-software’s notification bubble (notify-osd) for available updates

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Running 16.04 with Unity, after every log-in I see this annoying notification bubble in the top right corner of the screen that there are updates available.

This is not only annoying, but often it is not even true, as I'm holding back some packages which should not get upgraded, but the notifier seems not to care.

How can I disable those notifications for available updates?

I do not want to disable notify-osd completely. Also, I have already disabled automatic checking for updates as I'm doing that manually using apt anyway.

Best Answer

According to this Fedoraforum.org post, you could try disabling GNOME Software's automatic downloading of updates:

gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false

The description of that key reads:

If enabled, GNOME Software automatically downloads updates in the background and prompts the user to install them when ready.

I don't have any updates on hand to test.

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To get reminder notifications you can customize ccsm's Unity plugin 'Urgent Animation' setting to 'Wiggle', which will periodically bump the icon out from the launcher and wiggle it, grabbing your attention.

ccsm wiggle setting

Also, whether you do this or not you can look for the update icon on the Unity launcher for information on updates, like in this example where seven updates are available. On my machine, it is only present when there are updates. I believe this is the default configuration.

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Last, make sure you have the Update Manager set to:

Check for updates daily
Download automatically
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I don't know if this is a solution or just a workaround to your problem , but you can disable the update-notifier from startup applications. I think you will not receive anymore update-notifications then.

Open a terminal and give this command

sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' -i /etc/xdg/autostart/update-notifier.desktop

Then try to disable it from startup applications and see if your problem solved.

take a look inside /etc/xdg/lxsession and see if is something there related to update-notifier

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