checkupdates
Tool to check pending updates in Arch Linux.
TLDR
List pending updates
List pending updates and download the packages to the pacman cache
List pending updates using a specific pacman database
Display help
SYNOPSIS
checkupdates [options]
DESCRIPTION
Checks for pending updates using a separate Pacman database located in TMPDIR if CHECKUPDATES_DB is not set and outputs a list of updates with the old and new version.
OPTIONS
-d, --download
Download any pending updates to the pacman cache.
-n, --nosync
Do not sync the temporary database, works best when the temporary database is updated regularly through some other means such as a cronjob or systemd timer.
-h, --help
Display syntax and command line options.
ENVIRONMENT
CHECKUPDATES_DB
Override the default update db location.
TMPDIR
Overrides the default /tmp temporary directory.
ERRORS
On exit, checkupdates will return one of the following error codes.
0
Normal exit condition.
1
Unknown cause of failure.
2
No updates are available.
BUGS
Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman-contrib/-/issues/new.
AUTHORS
Current maintainers:
·
Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>
·
Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>
For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman-contrib.git repository.
SEE ALSO
pacman(8), pacman.conf(5)
