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I use few apps infrequently and would prefer them updated at reduced frequency. Certain apps are too critical to be updated anytime and I'd like them to be updated when I am ready to handle a potential crash. In "Software & Updates", their is an option to globally configure the update cycle to daily, weekly, biweekly etc. There is no option to select or deselect certain apps. Goal is to reduce unnecessary updates and save on bandwidth consumption.

Updates like security updates, ubuntu base etc are no issues. Examples of critical and less frequently used apps.

  1. Critical app : Oracle Virtualbox
  2. Less frequently used app : Firefox, VS Code, Zoom etc.
sbharti
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If your update settings are set to "display only" (not automatically download and install), then everytime updates are to be installed, the Software Updater pops up a window asking to install updates. In this window, you can individually select or deselect each update.

If you want to avoid updating some specific packages at all, you can "hold" these packages using the command:

sudo apt-mark hold packagename

It can be reversed if you later want to update this package with the command:

sudo apt-mark unhold packagename

You can also perform these operations from GUI, if you install Synaptic Package Manager. Use the "Lock version" option in the "Package" menu.

raj
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