How to stop Ubuntu pro nagging?

Carsten Agger agger at modspil.dk
Sat Aug 3 15:56:59 UTC 2024


On 8/3/24 13:51, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
> On 2024-08-03 07:47, Carsten Agger wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> Some time ago, I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my girl friend's computer.
>>
>> I tried to set it up to only do automatic updates, but it turns out 
>> it's constantly coming up with exhortations to "Install Ubuntu Pro" 
>> and telling about updates that require Ubuntu Pro.
>>
>> How do I remove all traces again, so that it will never recommend her 
>> to upgrade to Ubuntu Pro ever again?
>
> `apt purge` all of
>
> ubuntu-pro-client
> ubuntu-advantage-tools
>
> They may creep back in with an upgrade to a new release though.
>
Thanks a lot!

One thing, though - this seems to remove also the "update-manager" 
program, as that program has these two packages as dependencies. Have 
you tried this and do you know if this may cause any problems?

best,
Carsten

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