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j2902

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Registered: 2009-12-21

Posts: 20

Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

I hope this isn't a duplicate (I tried to search), but I dislike installing packages that are pulled directory from code repositories.  Without memorizing / writing down the list of packages that need to be updated, or writing a script to update all of them, is there a good way to keep these packages up-to-date?  Furthermore, the method I would use to update would be a reinstall.  Is there a more effective method to manage packages pulled directly from repositories?

Thanks.

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,676

Re: Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

aurget

(perhaps) paradoxically from the AUR

RiceKills

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Registered: 2010-05-31

Posts: 72

Re: Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

yaourt has support for this. just do a yaourt -Syu to upgrade regular packages and then a yaourt -Su --aur to upgrade the aur ones.

boomhower182

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Registered: 2009-02-26

Posts: 26

Re: Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

you can also do yaourt -Syu --aur and it will update everything in the arch repos along with whatever is in the AUR

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

bauerbill and clyde can do it too. See the wiki, there is an article about AUR helpers.

Last edited by Awebb (2011-01-27 06:22:23)

j2902

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Registered: 2009-12-21

Posts: 20

Re: Automatically updating packages pulled from a repository

Thank you, I will look into all of these (hopefully) solutions and report back if nothing is successful.