Projects

pacupdate

Pacupdate is a small application that notifies that user about new updates for Arch Linux (pacman). If pacupdate find out that a update is available it will display a notification in SystemTray. Features:Programmed in Python and pygtk Fetches ArchLinux package lists using pacman -Sy and parses ... [More] output of pacman -Qu Displays a tray icon, with distinct icons for being up-to-date and for having pending updates Informs of new updates by displaying a message next to the tray icon and blinking the icon Allows forcing the check by clicking the icon at any time pacupdate in actionpacupdate tray icon: pacupdate actions: pacupdate notification: How to installpacupdate is already available in the community repository. Install it using: # pacman -Sy pacupdateHow to use To allow pacupdate synchronize the databases you must: Run visudo as root: # visudoAdd the following line at the end of the file: user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman -SyExample: darthvader ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman -SyRun 'pacupdate' from the command line or use your desktop environment menu $ pacupdateTO DOAdd an option to allow pacupdate update the system (probably using gksu) Add support for translations Add an option to read news from Arch web site (official and communities) [Less]

pacman-notifier

DescriptionWritten in Ruby, uses Gtk. Shows an icon in the system tray and popup notifications (using libnotify) for new packages. Screenshots (using notify-osd, instead of standard notification-daemon) InstallationJust install from AUR yaourt -S pacman-notifierUsageRun: pacman-notifier ... [More] &(or add pacman-notifier to your autostart, for whatever window manager you're using) The first time it is ran, default settings will be written to ~/.pacman-notifier (this is a XAML file, so keep the formatting). You can change several variables there. pacman-notifier will check for updates periodically. You can force a check by left-clicking on the icon. Right clicking gives you the option to run the upgrade command (defined in the .pacman-notifier file), which by default opens a konsole and runs "sudo pacman -Su". ChangeLog0.6.2: Small fix for Ruby 1.9 0.6.1: Fixed to work with pacman 3.3 0.6: Fixed notifications so it can be used with notify-osd Removed traces of Qt interface (it will be completely Gtk based for the time) Added upgrade menu item and upgrade button on notification (won't appear if using notify-osd) No more blinking icon More efficient regular expression (previous versions could exhibit high cpu usage when checking updates because of this) Add check for locked database (assumes pacman lock file in default location) New SVG icons (blue for up-to-date, gray for busy, yellow for out-of-date) [Less]

update-notifier

A simple update notifier for Arch Linux. FeaturesHere will be available a feature list (soon, I promise =p) Important !You must allow the script to synchronize pacman database. Run as root visudoAnd add the following line at the end of the file : #where kevin is your login kevin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/pacman -Sy