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Command line examples for arch-update

Defaults

• Check command : /usr/bin/checkupdates
• Update command : gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "sudo pacman -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '

Add AUR Support

yaourt

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "(/usr/bin/checkupdates; /usr/bin/yaourt -Qu -a | cut -c 5-) | sort -u -t' ' -k1,1"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -- sh -c "yaourt -Syua ; yaourt -C ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read"

pacaur

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/checkupdates && /usr/bin/pacaur -Qqu -a"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -- sh -c "pacaur -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read"
• Update command (with terminator) : terminator -e 'pacaur -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read '

aurman

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/checkupdates && /usr/bin/aurman -Qqu"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "aurman -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '
• Update command (with terminator) : terminator -e 'aurman -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read '

trizen

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/checkupdates && /usr/bin/trizen -Qqu -a"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "trizen -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '
• Update command (with terminator) : terminator -e 'trizen -Syu ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read '

yay

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "(/usr/bin/checkupdates && /usr/bin/yay -Qqu --color never | sed 's/Get .*//') | sort -u -t' ' -k1,1"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "yay ; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '

Add Flatpak Support

• Check command : /bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/checkupdates; /usr/bin/flatpak update | grep -E '^\s*[0-9]+\.' | sed -E 's/^\s*[0-9]+\.\s*//'"
• Update command : gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "sudo pacman -Syu; flatpak update; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '

To auto refresh the flatpak check after an update an empty file with user permissions can be used in the pacman local directory path. I.e gnome-terminal -e 'sh -c "sudo pacman -Syu; flatpak update; touch /var/lib/pacman/local/flatpak-arch-update; echo Done - Press enter to exit; read" '

Support for other distros than Arch

To be completed (help wanted)