(SOLVED) LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

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(SOLVED) LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

Post by midas »

Im am just using LM 13 KDE (64 bits) since last weekend...the system feels rocksolid in every way! But the updates I want to control manually. Is there a way to disable Mint-update at every boot? I think one has to mess somewhere in a .config-file because it is not there at start-up programs in the configuration-screen.

Many thanks!

Midas
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leodelacruz

Re: LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

Post by leodelacruz »

Easy way..

Open the console, and tipe this

kdesudo dolphin /usr/bin

Search in this folder the word "mintupdate" In dolphin spanish is ctn + f

And delete all content xD

Works for me;)
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Re: LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

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Not sure this is the proper way to do....I don't want to end up with a borked system :?
What for instance when you want to reverse this solution back to the original situation?
But thanks for replying...will think about it :D
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claudecat

Re: LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

Post by claudecat »

There is a file in /etc/xdg/autostart named mintupdate.desktop. Simply rename that to something like mintupdate.desktop.original and it will no longer start at every login. Undo all that to regain the default behavior.

On a related note, if you want to get rid of things like printer-applet and akonadi-tray, look in /usr/share/autostart and apply the same concept.
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Re: LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

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Ah...for the printer- and akonadi-applet this solution works wonderfully well. But there don't seems to be a Mint-update applet in usr/share/autostart...is that right? For the rest...thanks for giving the simple solution!
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Re: LM 13 KDE and disabling Mint-update at boot

Post by midas »

Oh sorry! I have to look at etc/xdg/autostart :D And I have disabled the applet this way. Many thanks and topic solved :wink:
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