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SUN ☀️ (Slackware Update Notifier) is a tray notification applet for informing about package updates in Slackware and CLI tool for monitoring upgraded packages.
Actually read the two dates of ChangeLog.txt files one the server and a local by counting how many packages have been upgraded, rebuilt or added. SUN ☀️ works with slackpkg as well with slpkg
Required root privileges
$ tar xvf sun-1.1.4.tar.gz
$ cd sun-1.1.4
$ ./install.sh
Installed as Slackware package
or
$ pip install sun --upgradeMake sure that daemon has executable permission or otherwise run '# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.sun'.
Then choose ONE mirror from '/etc/slackpkg/mirrors' file.
Add sun in your windows manager session startup.
As for xfce: Settings Manager --> Session and Startup --> Application Autostart --> +Add
[Add application]
Name: sun
Description: Slackware Update Notifier
Command: /usr/bin/sun start --gtk
Click [Ok]
Click Menu --> System --> SUN (Slackware Update Notifier)
An icon will appear in the panel, right click in SUN icon to show menu.
Thats it.$ sun help
SUN (Slackware Update Notifier) - Version: 1.1.4
Usage: sun [OPTION]
Optional arguments:
help display this help and exit
start start sun daemon
stop stop sun daemon
restart restart sun daemon
check check for software updates
status sun daemon status
info os information
$ sun start
Starting SUN daemon: /usr/bin/sun_daemon
$ sun stop
Stoping SUN daemon: /usr/bin/sun_daemon
$ sun status
SUN is not running
$ sun check
3 software updates are available
samba-4.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
mozilla-firefox-31.5.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
mozilla-thunderbird-31.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded./etc/sun/sun.conf
General configuration of sun
/etc/rc.d/rc.sun
Runtime configuration file
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