final code maintained in lubuntu-team/lubuntu-update-notifier
Installation Instruction: Install packages (via apt or similar):
- update-notifier-common
- aptdaemon
- debconf-kde-helper
This files are the ones that need to be downloaded and need to be copied in the same directory, the files are:
- notifier.py
- upgrader.py
- upNot.sh
- update_worker.py
run upNot.sh to check every hour if there are updates. It's recommended to add an entry in autostart. By going to: Preferences -> LXQt configuration -> Sesion confuiguration There you got to autosart, pres add, in Name put something like "Update Notifier" in Comand search for upNot.sh
Depend on:
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update-notifier-common ( https://packages.ubuntu.com/disco/update-notifier-common )
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aptdaemon
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debconf-kde-helper
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upNot.sh Chek every hour if upgrades exist or if restart is needed. To check if upgrades exists it uses apt_check from update-notifier-common. Cache update is run periodically by update-notifier-common. If there are upgrades it calls notifier_gui.py using this command: ./notifier.py -p ./upgrader.py
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notifier.py this script has 1 options that can be readed with --help: -p for the upgrade programm to use. Pressing "upgrade button" calls the upgrade software defined with -p. No cache update is done and safe-upgrade or "apt upgrade" is done, NOT full upgrade or "dist-upgrade"
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upgrader.py This can be called directly to upgrade the system. it has 2 options which can be readed with --help. The options are: --cache-update Update Cache Before Upgrade --full-upgrade Full upgrade same as dist-upgrade