Arch Update Checker

A KDE Plamsa Applet (Plasmoid) to check for Arch, AUR and Flatpak Updates, along with official Arch Linux Update News feed.

Supported Wrappers

• Paru
• Yay
• Trizen
• Pikaur
• Aura
• Pacaur [Unmaintained]
• Pamac : will be added back in the next version

Screenshots

Available updates list view

Expanded details in list view

Official Arch Linux News

Todo

• Add more pages to install/uninstall/manage packages
• Integration with pacman-offline
• Snap support(Unplanned)

Installation

Required :

pacman-contrib and pacutils are required. The applet will automatically ask you to install them if not installed.

sudo pacman -S pacman-contrib pacutils to install manually.

Recommended method :

Use the 'Download New Plasma Widgets' functionality in the edit mode and look for "Arch Update Checker".

Alternatively :

You can run:

git clone https://github.com/dhruv8sh/arch-update-checker
rm -rf ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.archupdatechecker/
cp -r arch-update-checker/ ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.archupdatechecker
systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell

This will restart your plasmashell