On 2016/10/13 12:02 PM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2016 schrieb Michael .: >> [...] Anyway what I am after is >> something that supplies a notification to the user that updates are >> available, like update-notifier does. Synaptic is installed by default on >> my systems, and so is aptitude, but I want to provide my users with a >> visual notification when updates are available. Any suggestions for a >> package that does that is greatly appreciated. > > A simple way for update notifier: > > 1) run "apt-get update" on boot and/or every day/hour/... as a cronjob, ignore errors: > > # crontab -e > 0 10 * * * apt-get update 2>/dev/null > > # /etc/rc.local - add this line: > (sleep 10m; apt-get update 2>/dev/null) & > > 2) create a file ".trinity/Autostart/updatenotifier.desktop": > > $ cat > ~/.trinity/Autostart/updatenotifier.desktop << XXX > [Desktop Entry] > Comment= > Exec[$e]=if [ $(apt-get --just-print dist-upgrade | grep "^ " | wc -l) -gt 0 ]; then xmessge "Upgrades available!"; exit; fi > GenericName= > Icon=application-x-executable > MimeType= > Name= > Name[de]= > Path[$e]= > StartupNotify=true > Terminal=false > TerminalOptions= > Type=Application > X-DCOP-ServiceType= > X-TDE-SubstituteUID=false > X-TDE-Username= > > XXX > > Your user will get a message if updates are available just after login. Now you can get creative :-) > > Nik > > Fantastic!! Many thanks Nik. Cheers Michele
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