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# 1. Install the required packages

```
apt-get install unattended-upgrades apt-listchanges
```

# 2.  Edit the configuration file

Put the lines below into the configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, everything that was originally inside the generated file can be removed before you add the lines below.

```
    Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern {
            "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
    	"origin=TorProject";
    };
    Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
    };
```

#3. Automatically reboot

If you want to automatically reboot add the following at the the end of the file `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades`:

```
    Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";

    Create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades with the following content

    APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
    APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "5";
    APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
    APT::Periodic::Verbose "1";
```

# 4. Test

You can test your unattended-upgrades setup with the following command:

```
   sudo unattended-upgrade -d
```
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