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After the last update of update-manager it now shows a long list of "Ubuntu Pro" updates which I may install after enabling it in the settings.

As I am not in the target customer group for Pro, I would like to disable the display of updates which I cannot install anyway. Can this be done?

I tried the solution provided for a similar question, but it has no effect.

NOTE: following the advice in https://askubuntu.com/a/1454914/367444 indeed gets rid of the advertised updates as I require.

Though my question is about the update-manager not about ESM messages as login, so I am not sure this question counts as a duplicate. It is a different question which happens to have the same answer as this other question. Whether closing as duplicate or leaving it open is better for future searches I don't know.

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  • Does sudo pro config set apt_news=false work? Found https://canonical-ubuntu-pro-client.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/docs/howtoguides/disable_enable_apt_news/ here. – nobody Jan 14 '24 at 14:00
  • @nobody Remains to be seen for me. After running the command, Software & Updates still shows the Ubuntu Pro tab so I'm not yet convinced. I saw a comment by @TomasWard indicating that he will raise the issue with Canonical in 2024. – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:13
  • Do you have the file /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/apt-esm/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-esm-apps.list on your system? – nobody Jan 14 '24 at 14:16
  • @nobody yes, that file is present on my 22.04 system – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:20
  • Please comment the lines with deb out. I have not the update-manager on my system; so I do not know if this is enough in this case. – nobody Jan 14 '24 at 14:24
  • OK commented out the deb lines in the file ubuntu-esm-apps.list but tab still remains so will have to wait for next update notification to see if still present – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:40
  • @nobody looks promising - I forced an update using Software Updater and the message was not presented... I think you could post that as an answer for now... – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:44
  • In that case it is a dupe to https://askubuntu.com/questions/1453749/inhibit-esm-messages-at-login/1454914#1454914 – nobody Jan 14 '24 at 14:50
  • ah thanks - I looked for a dupe but couldn't find a suitable one. – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:54
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    Does this answer your question? Inhibit ESM messages at login – graham Jan 14 '24 at 14:55
  • If you are planning to ignore security updates, then reconsider having a lot of that software installed in the first place. Uninstalling those packages will also eliminate those notifications. – user535733 Jan 14 '24 at 17:34

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