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I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 + XBMC on a HTPC and now I want to setup automatic updates on this machine.

On top of the normal Ubuntu sources, I have also 3 other sources installed, of which I want to receive automatic updates:

1) The XBMC ppa (http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/)

2) The Steam source (http://repo.steampowered.com precise/steam)

3) The Flirc source (http://apt.flirc.tv binary/)

I have already read about the unattended-upgrades package, but I don't know how to modify this package to also download updates for XBMC, Steam & Flirc (I've read something about reading the lists file in /var/lib/apt/lists, but unfortunately, I couldn't find Source and Origin defined in these lists).

Or is it better for me to go the cron route for this?

muru
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Timo Verbrugghe
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In case you can't find the Release file in /var/lib/apt/lists even after sudo apt-get upgrade, you can take a look at the file at the repository itself. In this case, they are:

  1. http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/dists/trusty/Release for XBMC
  2. http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/dists/precise/Release for Steam and
  3. Unfortunately, the Flirc repository doesn't do directory listing, so I can't locate it without more information.

The Origin values are present for both XBMC and Steam (LP-PPA-team-xbmc and Valve Software LLC respectively). The Suite in this case would be which ever folder under the dists section of the repository you are using (http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/dists or http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu/dists) - should be precise for for Steam and and trusty for XBMC PPA.

muru
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