arch-update
Update indicator for Arch Linux and GNOME Shell
Features
- Uses pacman's «checkupdates» by default and thus does not need root access
- Optional update count display on panel
- Optional notification on new updates (defaults to off)
- Launcher for your favorite update command
- Comes in English, French, Czech, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Arabic, Slovak, Chinese, Serbian languages. (Thanks translators !)
One-click install
It's on extensions.gnome.org : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1010/archlinux-updates-indicator/
Install from AUR
Thanks to michiwend you can install it from Arch Linux User Repository : gnome-shell-extension-arch-update https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnome-shell-extension-arch-update/
Manual install
To install, simply download as zip and unzip contents in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/arch-update@RaphaelRochet
Changes
v14
- Gnome 3.20 compatibility
v13
- New translation : Serbian (sr and sr@latin)
- Updated translation : Spanish
- Minor bug fix
v12
- New translation : Chinese
- Updated translation : Czech
v11
- New option to strip out version numbers
- New translations : Slovak and Arabic
- Updated translations : Brazilian Portuguese, German
v10
- Licence added : GNU GPL v3
- Updated translations : Polish and Brazilian portuguese
v9
- Added option to change command used to check for updates (for advanced users)
- Added Romanian and Polish translations
v8
- Added Italian language
v7
- Added Brazilian Portuguese translation
v6
- Added Spanish language
v5
- Option to have permanent notifications
- Asynchronous checking - No more 1 sec Shell freeze during updates check !
- 'Updates pending' menu item can now be expanded to show updates list
- Option to only list new updates in notifications
- Aded "Update Now" action button on notifications
v4
- Run update command from indicator
- Autodetect when updates are done
- Prefs dialog reworked
v3
- Notification option
- Czech and German languages added
Credits
All icons are based on Thayer Williams' Archer logo, winner of Arch Linux logo contest.
Some portions of the extension were inspired from Touchad Indicator and Lock keys. https://github.com/orangeshirt/gnome-shell-extension-touchpad-indicator https://github.com/kazysmaster/gnome-shell-extension-lockkeys