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#1 2022-08-08 11:48:20

difri84
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Registered: 2021-12-09
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best way to have update notification on cinnamon?

i'm looking for something like a nice tray icon to notify for updates, right now i use aarchup,
but i would like something like the pamac icon without actually installing pamac.

what's your own solution? any advice?

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#2 2022-08-09 06:45:41

Ferdinand
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Registered: 2020-01-02
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Re: best way to have update notification on cinnamon?

I ended up using checkupdates from pacman-contrib and auracle from auracle-git in a conky on my desktop.
Something like this in your conky string:

Arch: ${execi 600 checkupdates | wc -l}
AUR: ${execi 600 auracle outdated | wc -l}

Last edited by Ferdinand (2022-08-09 06:49:40)

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#3 2022-08-12 23:51:27

difri84
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Registered: 2021-12-09
Posts: 78

Re: best way to have update notification on cinnamon?

is there a way to make a systray and execute a script?
something like

aurupdate=$(paru -Qua)
archupdates=$(checkupdates)
if [not sure about syntax, aurupdate + archupdate > 0] then use icon x
else use icon y
fi

is it doable?

i had something showing up just number on i3+polybar and i was very happy with it

Last edited by difri84 (2022-08-12 23:52:20)

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