Monitor updating AUR packages

Leduck · 2013-01-19 15:56:09

I like to compile packages from AUR with makepkg instead of using the tools pacaur or yaourt, but would like some suggestions to follow the updates of packages in AUR because the RSS of all I get and I would just keep the ones I use .

Thank you,

Spyhawk · 2013-01-19 16:47:44

"cower -u" sounds exactly like what you need.

jasonwryan · 2013-01-19 17:55:06

crontab +

#!/bin/bash
# Check for AUR updates and Aurphans

aurfile=$(mktemp -t aurupdates.XXXXXX)
orpfile=$(mktemp -t aurphans.XXXXXX)

# remove old files
[[ ( -e "$aurfile" && -e "$orpfile" ) ]] && rm /tmp/aur{phans,updates}*

# check for updates
/usr/bin/cower --color=never -u > "$aurfile"

/usr/bin/aurphan -a > "$orpfile"

Xyne · 2013-01-19 19:03:53

You can use paconky if you want to display upgradable packages in conky.

Trilby · 2013-01-19 19:07:10

I use my own aur script - the option that checks for updates (but does not install them) just does the following:

pacman -Qm | while read line; do
   pkg=${line% *}
   local_ver=${line#* }
   aur_ver=$(lynx -dump -width 1024 -nolist \
       "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=x&K=$pkg" |
       awk '/'$pkg'/ { print $3; }')
# your code here to compare local_ver to aur_ver and print any display you'd like
done

Last edited by Trilby (2013-01-19 19:07:28)

Leduck · 2013-01-20 13:53:24

Thanks. I liked the suggestions, I'll view the who fits best, thank you all.

aesiris · 2013-01-20 14:48:45

Trilby wrote:

I use my own aur script - the option that checks for updates (but does not install them) just does the following:[...]

I am doing something similar with a bash script.
But instead of downloading the AUR web page, I am reading the JSON from https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc.php with jshon.
With my slow connection this makes a big difference.

It is something like this (actual code on github)

for pkg in "$@"; do
        args+='&arg[]='"$pkg"
done
json="$( wget "https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc.php?type=multiinfo${args}" -o /dev/null -O - )"

exec 3< <( jshon <<<"$json" -e results -a -e Name -u )
exec 4< <( jshon <<<"$json" -e results -a -e Version -u )

declare -A aurversion
while read name <&3 && read version <&4; do
        aurversion["$name"]="$version"
done
exec 3<&- 4<&-

echo "${aurversion[@]}"
#code to compare and print

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#1 2013-01-19 15:56:09

Monitor updating AUR packages

#2 2013-01-19 16:47:44

Re: Monitor updating AUR packages

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