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# upcheck
Checker for ArchLinux available updates and send it via libnotify writen in Rust.
Checker for ArchLinux available updates and send it via notify-rust.
# How to install and get it working?
First install [pacman-contrib](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/pacman-contrib/) and [libnotify](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libnotify/) from ArchLinux repos:
First install [pacman-contrib](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/pacman-contrib/) from ArchLinux repos:
```
# pacman -Syu --needed pacman-contrib libnotify
# pacman -Syu --needed pacman-contrib
```
Installation is easy, put the `bin/upcheck` binary in $HOME/.local/bin/, then put the `upcheck.service` and `upcheck.timer` into $HOME/.config/systemd/user/. **Edit** the `upcheck.service` file in the *ExecStart=* section pointing to the `upcheck` executable path and finally enable/start `upcheck.timer` with the command `systemctl --user enable upcheck.timer && systemctl --user start upcheck.timer`
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If you don't want to use the provided binary, you can compile it following the next commands:
```
# pacman -S rust
$ git clone https://gitlab.com/edu4rdshl/upcheck.git
$ cd upcheck
$ cargo build --release
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# How it works?
It use the `checkupdates` bash script provided by the `pacman-contrib` package and the `notify-send` binary provided by the `libnotify` package. First, it exec the command `checkupdates` and save the output in a variable, if the variable is not an empty string, mean that there are available updates and then send the variable content using `libnotify`.
It use the `checkupdates` bash script provided by the `pacman-contrib` package. First, it exec the command `checkupdates` and save the output in a variable, if the variable is not an empty string, mean that there are available updates and then send the variable content using the [notify-rust](https://crates.io/crates/notify-rust) crate.
# What is the purpose?