Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-23 Thread Irrwahn
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:53:49 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: >>> If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. >> And it's only available in >> wheezy and in uns

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-23 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 23/06/2016 13:53, Adam Borowski a écrit : On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote: On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. If it is to upgrade my system automatically, I would be afraid it br

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-23 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. If > > it is to upgrade my system automatically, I would be afraid it brings in > > some undesired systemd/gno

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-23 Thread Irrwahn
On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 22/06/2016 14:20, Irrwahn a écrit : >> Actually, I am much more in favor of the brilliant suggestion >> made by Giovanni Rapagnani in another reply: >> >> | another way of periodically updating the lists of packages is >> | to add this

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-23 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 22/06/2016 14:20, Irrwahn a écrit : On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:46:43 +0200, Emninger wrote: Am Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:35:48 + schrieb KatolaZ : The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with root provileges, and calls "apt-get update". [...] Thanks for your pointer. So, e

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-22 Thread Paweł Cholewiński
W dniu 22.06.2016 o 08:20, KatolaZ pisze: The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with root provileges, and calls "apt-get update". Then, your notifier could be as simple as: apt-get -s upgrade | grep "^[0-9]* upgr" | cut -d " " -f 1 which will give the number of package

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-22 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 01:46:43PM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: [cut] > > Thanks for your pointer. So, essentially, there is no way to play > around the need of root. > Well, if you are not root, and you cannot become root, or you cannot email root and ask him a favour, it might be quite

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-22 Thread Irrwahn
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:46:43 +0200, Emninger wrote: > Am Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:35:48 + > schrieb KatolaZ : >> The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with >> root provileges, and calls "apt-get update". [...] > Thanks for your pointer. So, essentially, there is no way to p

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-22 Thread emninger
Am Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:35:48 + schrieb KatolaZ : Hi KatolaZ! > The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with > root provileges, and calls "apt-get update". Then, your notifier could > be as simple as: > > apt-get -s upgrade | grep "^[0-9]* upgr" | cut -d " " -f 1 > >

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-22 Thread Giovanni Rapagnani
On 22/06/16 08:20, KatolaZ wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 02:15:17AM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with > root provileges, and calls "apt-get update". another way of periodically updating the lists of packages is to add this

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-21 Thread Joel Roth
emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > May someone of you knows if their exists in the .deb world a tool which > checks for available updates and which does not need root. > > What i am looking for, is just a simple "update available" notifier > (with other package managers that's possible, but i do not see

Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-21 Thread KatolaZ
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 02:15:17AM +0200, emnin...@riseup.net wrote: > May someone of you knows if their exists in the .deb world a tool which > checks for available updates and which does not need root. > > What i am looking for, is just a simple "update available" notifier > (with other package

[DNG] tool to check for updates without root??

2016-06-21 Thread emninger
May someone of you knows if their exists in the .deb world a tool which checks for available updates and which does not need root. What i am looking for, is just a simple "update available" notifier (with other package managers that's possible, but i do not see a way to do that with apt or aptitud