apt-update-indicator

Update indicator for apt-based distributions.

Features

• Uses "apt update" by default
• Uses "apt upgrade -y" by default to upgrade
• Optional update count display on panel
• Optional notification on new updates (defaults to off)
• Comes in English, French and Spanish so far

One-click install

Soon to be on extensions.gnome.org: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1139/apt-update-indicator/

Manual install

To install, simply download and execute "make install"

Changes

v5

• Use policykit instead of sudo for password-less checks
• Add option to show update process on a terminal
• Small fixes for scripts
• Update Spanish and French translations

v4

• Complete redesign of the Settings UI
• Check for internet connection before looking for new updates
• Remove the cancel button: process runs as root
• Improve date display
• Add a system for proper handling of global signals

v3

• Add date and time of the last update to the menu
• Some bug fixes and a few Synaptic-like features listed below:
• check for new packages in repository
• check for local or obsolete packages
• check for residual config files
• check for autoremovable packages

v2

• add option to check for updates without password

v1

• first version released

Credits

Forked from https://github.com/RaphaelRochet/arch-update !