observ is a command line tool to inform you that new versions are available
$python setup.py install
or
$python3 setup.py install
Gnome 3.22.2
$ observ --help
Usage:
observ [--notify NOTIFY] [--list]
observ (--period PERIOD --notify NOTIFY)
observ -h | --help
observ -v | --version
Options:
-h --help : Show this screen
-v --version : Show version
-p <period>, --period <period> : Outdated package check period with cron
hourly, daily, weekly or monthly
-n <notify>, --notify <notify> : Sending information with mail or desktop notification
system like GNOME Notify. for now desktop
notification only supporting for GNOME
Param: mail or gnome
-l --list : Listing outdated packages