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Plasma 6 applet to check for AUR and Arch updates

Arch Update Checker

A KDE Plamsa Applet (Plasmoid) to check for Arch, AUR and Flatpak Updates, along with official Arch Linux Update News feed.

Supported Wrappers

Screenshots

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Available updates list view

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Expanded details in list view

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Official Arch Linux News



Todo

  • [ ] Add more pages to install/uninstall/manage packages
  • [ ] Integration with pacman-offline
  • [ ] Snap support(Unplanned)

Installation

Required :

pacman-contrib and pacutils are required. The applet will automatically ask you to install them if not installed.

sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib pacutils to install manually.

Recommended method :

Use the 'Download New Plasma Widgets' functionality in the edit mode and look for "Arch Update Checker".

Alternatively :

You can run:

git clone https://github.com/dhruv8sh/arch-update-checker
rm -rf ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.archupdatechecker/
cp -r arch-update-checker/ ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.archupdatechecker
systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell

This will restart your plasmashell