Sends update notifications.
- Uninstalled gnome-software and does not get them.
Currently working only with dnf package manager (Fedora/RHEL?).
// Clone to your preferred dir
$ cd code
$ git clone https://github.com/shaqash/fedora-update-notifier.git
$ cd fedora-update-notifier
// Check if it works (Try to downgrade python for example)
$ sudo dnf downgrade python2
$ chmod +x ./shell/update-notifier.sh
$ ./shell/update-notifier.sh
// Schedule the program using cron
$ crontab -e
// Insert the following to schedule for 8:26PM every day.
26 20 * * * $HOME/code/fedora-update-notifier/shell/update-notifier.sh
Shell version
Go to shell/update-notifier.sh.
100 is the exit code for updates, 0 for no updates and 1 for error.
case "$EXITCODE" in
"100") $NOTIFY "Update!" "$COUNT updates are available"
;;
"0") echo "No updates :("
;;
"1") echo "Error: $OUTPUT"
;;
esac