In F21 there are two different components:
since dnf is installed by default there's a background service that updates the repos metadata automatically (this is usually not that big, I'd say 20-50MB), you can disable that using systemctl, as root:
systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer
IIUC gnome-software which downloads updates in the background then apply them offline, i.e. on next reboot, you can disable that using gsettings:
gsettings set org.gnome.software download-updates false
or use dconf-editor to edit that key.
To update the system you can manaully use yum or dnf from terminal.
In general, Fedora21 does not install updates automatically unless you have it configured that way (using either yum-updatesd or an hourly/daily/weekly cronjob that executes something like su -c 'yum update', or yum-cron.
Check the Fedora's wiki page for auto-update to see whether it's set-up on your system.
If by "turnoff automatic updates" you mean updating the metadata of your installed repos you do this:
Open the yum config file /etc/yum.conf (sudo gedit /etc/yum.conf) an increase the value for metadata_ expire to your desired value. The higher this value the less frequent Fedora will download package information from the repos you have installed.
Nevertheless, I do not recommend not keeping the metadata up-to-date!
What you could do in order to use less bandwidth for your update process is using the parameter called bandwith in /etc/yum.conf (i.e. bandwidth=20%). Check out man yum.conf or this page for a description of the parameter and other neat stuff you can configure...
Yes installed yum-cron because it is recommended by the system. But after removing the yum-cron still it is consuming the bandwidth then i removed gnome-software, apper and unchecked all the option of yumex to make sure nothing would be download; still it is downloading the update. Yet i have not tried 'systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer' , dconf-editor and yum-updatesd.
i have tried :
yum-updatesd
*yum-updatesd
bash: yum-updatesd: command not found...
Install package 'yum-updatesd' to provide command 'yum-updatesd'? [N/y] n*
clearly yum-updatesd have no role.
systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer
*[root@localhost ~]# systemctl disable dnf-makecache.timer
Removed symlink /etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/dnf-makecache.timer.*
dconf-editor
*[root@localhost ~]# dconf-editor
bash: dconf-editor: command not found...
Install package 'dconf-editor' to provide command 'dconf-editor'? [N/y] n*
sudo gedit /etc/yum.conf
[main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever keepcache=0 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 installonly_limit=3
clearly seen there no option to set the bandwidth limit. then how set it?
Asked: 2015-05-19 17:12:47 -0600
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Last updated: Jan 05 '17
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