PCLinuxOS grub update script

An annoying thing in PCLinuxOS is a lack of update-grub feature. After grub package grub menu need to update by hand. An another choise is to use a script, which needs xterm and zenity installed. grub-update.zip The code: #!/bin/sh zenity –question –text ”Would you like to update grub?” if [ $? = 0 ]; then Continue reading →

UPDATE NOTIFIER runit

Command inxi -Fxz | grep Init tells init version. Deb-package from update notifier. Update-Notifier-Runit-all-07-and-08.zip ##################################################### Version 3 for runit ….. Make a /opt/UPDATE folder sudo mkdir -p /opt/UPDATE ….. Copy files a.txt, b.txt, PHASE2, update-check, update-check-a23 to /opt/UPDATE sudo cp a.txt b.txt PHASE2 UPDATE update-check update-check-a23 /opt/UPDATE …. then need to make a runit service Continue reading →

UPDATE-NOTIFIER-sysVinit

Edit 1.6.2024: I made a deb package from sysVinit version. Edit 2.6.2024: new version Update-Notifier-SysVinit-all-05-and-06-and-base.zip ########################################### Versio 2 sysVinit Without crontabs using /etc/rc.local and user startup file (~/.desktop-session/startup) ….. For ~/.desktop-session/startup a line cd $HOME/.config && ./PHASE2user & … to edit the file xdg-open ~/.desktop-session/startup ….. For /etc/rc.local line sleep 60 && cd /opt/UPDATE && Continue reading →

general-UPDATE-NOTIFIER

Version general-Update-Notifier for all apt package-managements general-UPDATE-NOTIFIER …. Make a /opt/UPDATE folder sudo mkdir -p /opt/UPDATE ….. Copy files b.txt PHASE2 update-check to /opt/UPDATE sudo cp b.txt PHASE2 UPDATE update-check /opt/UPDATE ….. Add update check to root crontab like sudo crontab -e … add a line @reboot cd /opt/UPDATE && sleep 60 && ./update-check …. Continue reading →

Update Notifier

https://puolanka.info/goto/update-notifier/general-update-notifier/ Edit 19.6.2023: In antiX Linux has a bug which does not update menus automatically sometimes, so if happens, run desktop-menu –write-out-global after update. ######################################################### https://puolanka.info/goto/update-notifier/update-notifier-sysvinit/ https://puolanka.info/goto/update-notifier/update-notifier-runit/ ….. If you want to use antiX-updater, change PHASE2 or PHASE2user as #!/bin/bash # A=$(grep -o ’apt list’ /tmp/a.txt) B=$(grep -o ’apt list’ /tmp/b.txt) sleep 100 if [ Continue reading →