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@@ -30,3 +30,20 @@ sudo systemctl start update-discord.service
journalctl -u update-discord.service journalctl -u update-discord.service
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## Stopping automatic updates
Discord's stock client prompts you to manually update whenever they release a new version. I originally created this script so that I didn't have to interact with that prompt and download a `.deb` every week.
However, Discord recently botched one of their linux updates (somewhere around version `0.0.133`, I think) and have yet to publish a fix. While searching for a workaround to that, I learned that [you can disable Discord's forced updates entirely](https://superuser.com/questions/1745556/prevent-discord-from-updating-automatically). Yippee!
Edit `~/.config/discord/settings.json` to include the following JSON field:
```json
{
"SKIP_HOST_UPDATE": true
}
```
Then, edit `/usr/share/discord/resources/build_info.json` and change the `version` field to some older version (I used `0.0.131`). You may need to run `killall Discord` and restart the app for changes to take place.
You can turn off the auto-update script by running `sudo systemctl disable update-discord.timer`. You can also re-enable it by running `sudo systemctl enable update-discord.timer`.