Name
package-update-indicator — notify about available software updates
Synopsis
package-update-indicator [
-q
|
--quit
] [
-V
|
--version
]
Description
The package-update-indicator utility regularly checks for software updates and notifies the user about available updates using desktop notifications and either a status notifier icon or a system tray icon.
Protocol-specific proxies specified through the corresponding
environment variables will be used by PackagKit when refreshing metadata if
the user is allowed to use the polkit action
org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-network-proxy-configure
without authentication.
Options
The following options are supported:
-
-q,--quit Quit the running instance of package-update-indicator.
-
-V,--version Print the version number and exit.
Environment Variables
- http_proxy
Network proxy using the HTTP protcol.
- https_proxy
Network proxy using the HTTPS protcol.
- ftp_proxy
Network proxy using the FTP protcol.
- socks_proxy
Network proxy using the SOCKS protcol.
- no_proxy
Comma-separated list of host for which no proxy should be used.
Exit Status
The following exit values are returned:
- 0
Command successfully executed.
- 1
An unspecified error has occured.
- 2
Invalid command line options were specified.
See Also
package-update-indicator-prefs(1), polkit(8)