I made... well, not exactly. More like "an AI gave me the code template, then I edited it and came up with this replacement". Why? Because pamac doesn't always work as expected, pamac-classic is dead and burried (unfortunately), Octopi works perfectly on some systems, on other systems it behaves like a rebelious teenager. Plus, many of these tools have too many dependencies, if one of them is broken or not updated, the tool might refuse to launch and whatnot.
This tool is meant for Arch Linux but it SHOULD work on all distros that use pacman.
So I decided I needed something simpler that has only 3 or 4 dependencies, is just a few kibibytes and does exactly the same as octopi and the similar tools - display the packages waiting to be updated (including those from AUR) AND that didn't need to be compiled.
But unlike the other tools, it does just that: displaying. Nothing else. The update itself - that you have to do yourself via terminal. I made it like this on purpose.
Also, I made the tool mostly for me. The fact that I'm sharing it doesn't mean I'll change it by request OR that I'm forcing you to use it. It's 100% FOSS with the MIT License, so if you want it to be different - change it yourselves, if you know how.
The tool is available for GTK3 and QT6. With a slight edit of the code it can be turned into GTK4 or QT5, if you prefer.
It can be started either using the included in the archive bash script or by
or
You can make a .desktop file with an icon of your choice and you gotta put one of these two commands on the Exec= line. If you enter the path to the .sh script itself, it won't launch. IDK why, it's just the way it is.
More details and screenshots of the tool - on its github page:
github.com
One important final note: the tool is set to work with trizen. If you're using something else, open the .py file with any text editor and use CTRL+F to find the word "trizen" and replace it with the name of the AUR helper you're using, then save the .py file.
This tool is meant for Arch Linux but it SHOULD work on all distros that use pacman.
So I decided I needed something simpler that has only 3 or 4 dependencies, is just a few kibibytes and does exactly the same as octopi and the similar tools - display the packages waiting to be updated (including those from AUR) AND that didn't need to be compiled.
But unlike the other tools, it does just that: displaying. Nothing else. The update itself - that you have to do yourself via terminal. I made it like this on purpose.
Also, I made the tool mostly for me. The fact that I'm sharing it doesn't mean I'll change it by request OR that I'm forcing you to use it. It's 100% FOSS with the MIT License, so if you want it to be different - change it yourselves, if you know how.
The tool is available for GTK3 and QT6. With a slight edit of the code it can be turned into GTK4 or QT5, if you prefer.
It can be started either using the included in the archive bash script or by
Code:
python3 updates-gtk3.pyor
Code:
python3 updates-qt6.pyYou can make a .desktop file with an icon of your choice and you gotta put one of these two commands on the Exec= line. If you enter the path to the .sh script itself, it won't launch. IDK why, it's just the way it is.
More details and screenshots of the tool - on its github page:
GitHub - rado84-github/arch-updates-gui: A simple python GUI tool that checks for updates and shows them
A simple python GUI tool that checks for updates and shows them - rado84-github/arch-updates-gui
github.com
One important final note: the tool is set to work with trizen. If you're using something else, open the .py file with any text editor and use CTRL+F to find the word "trizen" and replace it with the name of the AUR helper you're using, then save the .py file.
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