MiyoLinux wrote:
I also change the number of minutes that elapse between update checks, but that's voluntary on my part.

Can it be configured to only check about 1 minute after boot up? (Each boot up, that is.)

Hi Ron. To be honest, I don't know. I would imagine that it could, but I don't know how. I'm sorry.

In fact, I'm no longer using that notifier...I'm using a version of it that I modified. See this thread starting at this link...

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=14058#p14058

...but that still doesn't answer your question.

MiyoLinux wrote:
I also change the number of minutes that elapse between update checks, but that's voluntary on my part.

Can it be configured to only check about 1 minute after boot up? (Each boot up, that is.)

I think the general consensus is that PointLinux is no longer being developed. Could be wrong about that, but it sadly does appear that way.

Not sure where I'd fork it from? Cant find PointLinux repos, and the link in the source.py links back to a yum version, looks like its already been modified lots! Might it just be worth creating a new repo?

I'll dig out the Devuan packaging guide

Wondering if/how we could get this added to the Devuan repos so I can apt install it rather than wget of a path that may change?

Maybe you'd consider forking it into git.devuan.org and building a package compatible with devuan/debian.  Then it could go into devuan-proposed and eventually to the main repo.

/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/apps/update-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/apps/system-software-update.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/status/software-update-urgent.png
/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/status/software-update-available.png

All available in the gnome-icon-theme package, which was already installed.

I've added the following lines to my post install script to download and configure this manually:

# update manager 
wget http://packages.pointlinux.org/pointlinux/pointlinux/pool/main/p/pointlinux-update-notifier/pointlinux-update-notifier_1.3.2~pointlinux%2bagni1.tar.gz
dpkg -i pointlinux-update-notifier_1.3.2~pointlinux+agni1_all.deb
rm pointlinux-update-notifier_1.3.2~pointlinux+agni1_all.deb
sed -ie 's#/usr/share/icons/PointLinux-Faenza/apps/48/update-notifier.png#/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/status/software-update-available.png#' /usr/share/pointlinux/update-notifier/pointlinux-update-notifier.py

Wondering if/how we could get this added to the Devuan repos so I can apt install it rather than wget of a path that may change?

So my workaround is this as i use startx and have no desktop environment/login manager.

1.
(not sure if this a good idea, probably not but i have to as im not using gksu/pkexec/dbus etc)
Edit sudoers as per below.

[your username] ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt, /usr/bin/apt-get

2.
edit .bashrc and add at the end of file...

sudo apt-get -u upgrade --assume-no

So what this does is that everytime you open your terminal it will check upgrades but not install them. That is if you are terminal user and i like to have the terminal autostart when i arrive at the desktop so this is a perfect solution for me.

Many thanks MiyoLinux

You are funny!

Uhmmm...funny? Excuse me, but I was being completely serious.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

My pleasure to help if I can.

...and just in case anyone doesn't feel comfortable downloading a file from me...'cause I am kinda shifty n'stuff... ...you can download it from the pointlinux repo pool here...

You are funny!

Much appreciate the link and instructions.

The updater won't go into effect until you reboot your computer after installing it. During the installation, it gets added to /etc/xdg/autostart, so it will be active at every startup.

http://packages.pointlinux.org/pointlin … -notifier/

It's the bottom one in the list.

Remember though, you'll need to change the icon that's used, because it comes set to use a pointlinux icon...which won't be on your system. Access the file as root in...

/usr/share/pointlinux/update-notifier/pointlinux-update-notifier.py

Look for this line (it's line 35 if you enable line numbers in your text editor)...

icon = "/usr/share/icons/PointLinux-Faenza/apps/48/update-notifier.png",

Change the file path to the icon that you want to use. For example, I use an icon that I picked up somewhere, have it named as updates.svg, and I put that icon in /usr/share/images. So I would change that line to...

icon = "/usr/share/images/updates.svg",

Out of the box, the updater checks for updates every 15 minutes. It's the line after the icon= line, and looks like this...

interval = 900, # 15 minutes

Changing this is optional. and just in case anyone needs help...

60 seconds x 15 minutes = 900 (that's where the 900 comes from)

I set mine to check every four hours; which is...

60 x 60 x 4 = 14400

...or...

60 seconds x 60 minutes x 4 hours = 14400

So, I would change that line to be...

interval = 14400, # 15 minutes

No, I don't change the part after the comma, because it's commented out anyway...you can if you wish though. Make sure though...don't put a comma in the 14400 (or whatever number you come up with). In other words, don't write it as 14,400...just write it as 14400. And make sure to leave the comma AFTER the number!

MiyoLinux wrote:

I use the PointLinux Update Notifier.

I am also interested in this type of indicator.  Is the PointLinux you mention from the PointLinux distro:http://pointlinux.org?  I searched around their website for access to packages and couldnt find it.  Trying to find a way to download the package instead of you having to email it individually.

Yes, that's the one.

I went ahead and zipped it earlier just in case anyone wanted it. Get it here...

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code … CcgzFUE8Iy