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#1 2016-02-15 10:20:19
- Derphy
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Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Hey,
I only use a few AUR packages and I typically just install them manually rather than using yaourt or something. But it looks like I need a helper to keep those packages up to date. Or just check the page on the AUR and see if it's been updated and reinstall. Are there other options?
Thanks.
Last edited by Derphy (2016-02-15 10:42:03)
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#2 2016-02-15 10:25:21
- elkoraco
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Do you download snapshots or use git to clone the package repos?
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#3 2016-02-15 10:26:09
- Derphy
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
I download snapshots
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#4 2016-02-15 10:29:49
- elkoraco
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Then it's either a helper or as you described. If you clone the repos with git, it's simply a matter of cd-ing to the cloned repo, issuing a "git pull" and running makepkg if there have been any changes.
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#5 2016-02-15 10:32:03
- WorMzy
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Mod note: moving to AUR issues
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#6 2016-02-15 10:33:49
- Derphy
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Ok, thanks. I hadn't even heard of doing that before. I'll look into that.
edit: marked as solved.
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#7 2016-02-16 02:14:51
- eschwartz
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
With the update to Aurweb 4.2.0 you can now receive email notifications whenever a commit is pushed to an AUR package. 
Managing AUR repos The Right Way -- aurpublish (now a standalone tool)
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#8 2016-02-16 10:22:28
- graysky
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
You can also use cower to notify yourself of an update. Not technically a helper since it doesn't build.
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#9 2016-02-21 12:49:13
- Derphy
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Re: Keeping AUR packages up to date without a helper? SOLVED
Thanks. I read a bit about cower and it seems kinda cool, I'm gonna check it out.
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