Automatic Updates with mintupdate

Enable automatic updates

Enable "Apply updates automatically" in Update Manager:
Edit->Preferences->Automation

OR simply run this command:
$ sudo mintupdate-automation upgrade enable

Security updates only

Append the following to /etc/mintupdate-automatic-upgrades.conf - create the file if it doesn't exist;

#Security updates only
--only-security

That's it! Security updates are now being installed automatically every day.

Other options

Automatic updates are installed with a 'mintupdate-cli' command that runs every day. It will append each line in that .conf file to it.

For example, if you for some reason want to only install kernel updates for some reason, add --only-kernel to the .conf file.

Check 'man mintupdate-cli' for more options.

Default command before checking /etc/mintupdate-automatic-upgrades.conf is:

mintupdate-cli upgrade --refresh-cache --yes

Log file at:

/var/log/mintupdate.log