April 4, 2018

Fedora and DNF automatic

I used to always run yum-cron, but the "new scheme" seems to be dnf-automatic. 
dnf install dnf-automatic
vi /etc/dnf/automatic.conf
systemctl enable dnf-automatic.timer
systemctl start dnf-automatic.timer
There is more involved than this, depending on what you hope to have happen. Edit the file /etc/dnf/automatic.conf and scrutinize the options there. One that I absolutely want: 
apply_updates = yes
After editing this file, I do this for good measure: 
systemctl restart dnf-automatic.timer

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