ericlay/systrayupdater

PyQT5 system tray applet notifier for available updates , arch news and run the update

systrayUpdater

PyQt5 system tray applet notifier of available updates.

For Arch (based) systems only!

Right click to access menu actions:

• Run update
• Read the News
• Display list of packages with updates available
  • (click to find package on Arch linux Package Search website)

To install:

git clone https://github.com/ericlay/systrayUpdater.git
cd systrayUpdater
makepkg -sric

Post install: It is suggested to copy /etc/systrayupdater to $HOME/.config/systrayupdater

Uses config file for options: /etc/systrayupdater/config.yml

• Terminal command (set to $TERM by default)
• Set terminal option (usually -e)
• Timer duration for checkupdates to run in backgound
• Custom system tray icon
• Defaults to $HOME/systrayupdater/config.yml if found

Includes:

• .desktop file for autostarting
• Tray and shortcut icons