OpenSUSE 13: Auto update

PackageKit does auto update by default. /usr/lib/packagekitd by packagekit.serivce disturbs running zypper.

> sudo zypper -n install git
PackageKit is blocking zypper. This happens if you have an updater
applet or other software management application using PackageKit running.
Tell PackageKit to quit? [yes/no] (no): no
System management is locked by the application with pid 1573
(/usr/lib/packagekitd).
Close this application before trying again.

You must uninstall PackageKit for disabling packagekit.service because packagekit.service is static systemd units. Uninstalling PackageKit will uninstall Apper.

> sudo zypper -n remove PackageKit

PackageKit runs auto update by default. This auto update interval is fixed by the following files.

/etc/cron.daily/packagekit-background.cron
/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit.service

/etc/cron.daily/packagekit-background.cron is set by /etc/sysconfig/packagekit-background. packagekit-background is disabled by default. The interval is fixed to daily.

There is a issue that packagekitd by packagekit.service will lock of zypper for a while on boot. packagekit.service is static systemd units which cannot be disabled.

> systemctl status packagekit
packagekit.service - PackageKit Daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/packagekit.service; static)
   Active: inactive (dead)

"YaST Online Update Configuration" runs auto update too.

Install yast2-online-update-configuration.

> sudo zypper -n in yast2-online-update-configuration

Run YaST for configuration.

> sudo yast

After installing yast2-online-update-configuration, "Online Update Configuration" is added to "Software".

"Online Update Configuration" is as below.

"Online Update Configuration" do the following settings. You can do these settings non-interactively without YaST.

• Copy /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/online_update to /etc/cron.[interval]/opensuse.org-online_update.
• Set AOU_AUTO_AGREE_WITH_LICENSES and AOU_INCLUDE_RECOMMENDS in /etc/sysconfig/automatic_online_update. If AOU_ENABLE_CRONJOB is false, /etc/cron.[interval]/opensuse.org-online_update does not do update.