Get an email when updates are available

[nomko]

This will install a package which informs you by email when updates are available:

1 - Open a terninal and type the following command:

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sudo apt-get install apticron

2 - After installation open up the Apticron config file, located in /etc/apticron/apticron.conf.

3 - Enter your email address in this section, replace root with your email address (red/bolt marked):

# apticron.conf
#
# set EMAIL to a space separated list of addresses which will be notified of
# impending updates
#
EMAIL="root"

Save and close the file.

When updates are available you will get an email once a day. When no updates are available, apticron doesn't send any email

**edit**
Just to make sure it works, reboot your system.