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chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 284

Updates notifier in X environment.

Hi, all.

As an Arch newbie, I am getting to grips with package management.  Looks pretty good.  I was wondering, when I'm in the X environment, is there such a thing as an Update Notifier, that periodically checks for updates?

I know it's lazy, but I like to

Work smart, not hard.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-02-25 13:39:20)

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SkonesMickLoud

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From: The D of C

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 178

Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

There are many.  Conky's a good place for one:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Con … s_in_Conky

NeoXP

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From: MS Matrix

Registered: 2009-01-09

Posts: 206

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Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

If you prefer GUI, I would suggest Shaman. It includes an icon in the systray to keep you informed about updates.

However if you want more information about your system I would also sugest conky, there is also a nice thread on this forum with lots of example's/screenshots.

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chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

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Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

Thanks, guys.

To be honest, I will probably try both.

Cheers,

Chris.

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chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

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Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

If you prefer GUI, I would suggest Shaman. It includes an icon in the systray to keep you informed about updates.

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Is this the app that has a pacman (the game) icon?

Cheers,

Chris.

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NeoXP

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Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

If you prefer GUI, I would suggest Shaman. It includes an icon in the systray to keep you informed about updates.

click

Is this the app that has a pacman (the game) icon?

Cheers,

Chris.

Dunno about the icons (I have no icons in my OpenBox menu), what I do know is that when you start Shaman an icon appears in the systray looking like a ghost (from the game). I believe that the color of the ghost changes if there are updates available, but I'm not sure about that. I don't have it installed myself (I prefer conky and updating from the commandline).

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heleos

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From: Maine, USA

Registered: 2007-04-24

Posts: 678

Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

Is this the app that has a pacman (the game) icon?

Cheers,

Chris.

Yes, the systray icon is sometimes the character Pacman. Most of the time it is a blue ghost from Pacman

marxav

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From: Gatineau, PQ, Canada

Registered: 2006-09-24

Posts: 386

Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

You can also check aurnotify and pacmansentry in AUR

Mogger

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-12-07

Posts: 153

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Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

When Shaman is installing packages etc., it shows an animated Pacman in the system tray. Om nom nom.

chris_debian

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From: Wiltshire, UK

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 284

Re: Updates notifier in X environment.

Just installed pacupdate, looks promising.  Also looked at one called Alunn, but it pulled in quite a lot of stuff.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … _Frontends

I'll try pacupdate for a day or so, then look at Shaman.

Cheers,

Chris.

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