Thank you guys. I added the script into my autostart script so that every time I restart the computer, it'll check for updates.
On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 6:06:41 PM UTC+10 elParaguayo wrote: > Maybe we should make a widget for this... > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2021, 08:43 Kai Stian Olstad, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 08.04.2021 07:50, Eduardo Queiroz wrote: >> > Since qtile is not in Ubuntu's repositories is there a way to know when >> > qtile receives an update? >> >> There are a few ways. >> New version is posted on this mailinglist. >> >> >> You can also find it on this page >> https://github.com/qtile/qtile/releases >> >> If you are using RSS the link is >> https://github.com/qtile/qtile/releases.atom >> >> >> An alternative is the PyPi page >> https://pypi.org/project/qtile/ >> >> With RSS >> https://pypi.org/rss/project/qtile/releases.xml >> >> >> You could also use this script >> >> #!/bin/bash >> >> installed=$(pip3 show qtile 2>/dev/null | grep "^Version:" | cut -f2 -d" >> ") >> latest=$(pip3 install qtile== |& head -n1 | awk '{ print $NF }' | tr -d >> ')') >> >> if dpkg --compare-versions "$installed" lt "$latest" >> then >> echo "You need to upgrade Qtile, $latest is avaialble." >> else >> echo "You are on the latest version of Qtile." >> fi >> >> >> -- >> Kai Stian Olstad >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/3a320330b2ecbf6671bdb12a9dd036a0%40olstad.com >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/171b7b17-a235-42ac-a69b-5a9eed1e28afn%40googlegroups.com.
