arch-updates

Arch Linux package updates, system cleanup, and news checks.

Install

Using pipx

pipx install "git+https://github.com/whisp2424/arch-updates"

AUR

A proper AUR package is planned. However, due to the ongoing Active AUR malicious packages incident, there isn't any intent to publish it anytime soon until things have settled down.

Development

1. Install required dependencies

   sudo pacman -S --needed python python-colorama python-gobject

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/whisp2424/arch-updates
   cd arch-updates

3. Set up the virtual environment

   python -m venv --system-site-packages .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pip install -e .

Usage

arch-updates [--version] <command>

Command	Description
update	Sync and upgrade official, AUR, and Flatpak packages, then run cleanup
cleanup	Remove orphans, trim pacman cache, wipe AUR build cache, clean unused Flatpak runtimes
check	Query all sources for available updates
news	Read or get notified about Arch Linux news

Configuration

Settings are stored in ~/.config/arch-updates/config.toml.

You can run --save when running any subcommand with flags to persist them to your configuration.

See docs/configuration.md for the full reference.