notiman

Auto-upgrade notifications for Arch Linux

Small Python script that sends update notifications via e-mail and optionally updates Arch Linux (by running pacman -Syu --noconfirm).

Requires:

• Python >3.5
• pacAUR
• pacman (Comes with Arch Linux)

Installation

• Working and Ready For Use

Install the dependencies:

• alias pacman='sudo pacman'
• pacman -Syu --noconfirm
• pacman -S git && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/pacaur-git.git && cd pacaur-git && makepkg && pacman -U pacaur-git-*.tar.xz

Configure the program:

1. Open settings.py and input your preferences
   1. The minimum required is to set your receiver email
   2. A working notification only Gmail account is already attached (please don't fu** it up)
2. Install pacAUR if you want AUR update notifications.
3. Place auto_upgrade.py in /root (if you chose another path adjust auto_upgrade.service)
4. Place auto_upgrage.service and auto_upgrade.timer in /etc/systemd/system/.
5. Enable the timer service by running:
   1. systemctl enable auto_upgrade.timer

Now it should start working ;)