Is there a GUI app that checks for updates?

hotweiss · 2011-09-09 17:25:16

Is there a GUI app that checks for updates? I would like to install Arch on somebody else's system, but I feel that using terminal commands might be a bit much for them.

jakobm · 2011-09-09 17:29:50

Refer to Why would I not want to use Arch? and Pacman GUI Frontends from the wiki.

hotweiss · 2011-09-09 17:33:28

jakobm wrote:

Refer to Why would I not want to use Arch? and Pacman GUI Frontends from the wiki.

So is PackageKit reliable?

Inxsible · 2011-09-09 18:04:47

Please do your own research. Use the app and figure out if its reliable enough for you and your usage.

ralvez · 2011-09-10 03:17:46

One of the best, and most user friendly, gui tools I have seen is YAPAN.
It is in AUR; and I would strongly recommend it.

R.

shwick · 2011-09-10 12:59:28

If using terminal commands is too much from them, you might consider installing a different distro. Updating often requires merging .pacnew files, if they just blindly update all the time their arch system might crash after a while.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … g_packages

fsckd · 2011-09-10 16:01:31

What shwick and several others say above. It's rarely a good idea to install Arch for someone else. Users are expected to take responsibility for their own systems. See The Arch Way.

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Is there a GUI app that checks for updates?

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