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Pyntux

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 415

Arch Update Checker, testing app

In a sea of update notification apps, I made one more....

https://github.com/Pyntux/arch-update-checker

Application is written in python + pyqt5...

dependency: python, python-pyqt5, pacman-contrib (git only for build)

App is tray icon which will check for update every 1 hour. After cold start app will check for update with delay of 20 sec (will wait for the network to stabilize). If there is update, app will notify you with notification and will change icon in tray. You can also manual check for updates. If there is update, "update" option will become visible on right click. That option will start "konsole" (it can easily be changed in the code) with "pacman -Syu" command.

- I am looking for a way for the application to auto recognize your default terminal emulator (it's not like I put a lot of effort into it).
- the icons used by the application are temporary.
- Testing, anyone?

For now, app is only on my git repo, for testing purposes.... You can clone repo and make pkg with "makepkg"

P.S. I need some opinion and testing to know if I should move this app to AUR....

Last edited by Pyntux (2023-03-22 00:50:54)

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Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Arch Update Checker, testing app

- I am looking for a way for the application to auto recognize your default terminal emulator

TERMINAL is a semi-commonly used environment variable for this purpose.

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: Arch Update Checker, testing app

license=('MIT')

You should include the license (containing the correct copyright message) with the sourcecode and copy it to /usr/share/licenses/pkgname/ in install() .
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD#license has some useful details.

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Pyntux

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 415

Re: Arch Update Checker, testing app

OK, I know that about licence.... App with be GPL3, this is just speedy made PKGBUILD

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