Enable update notifier

[ddnn]

Rather than adding another app or extension, you could use a script instead.
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@ddnn

What it does:

• Checks the Arch and AUR repos for updates using checkupdates && yay -Qua.
• If updates are available (there will be), a notification is sent using notify-send.
• If the user clicks it, it launches a terminal and begins the update.

The check is done every 6 hours, but you can change it to a frequency you prefer.

Note: It uses paru instead of yay to check AUR updates because yay doesn’t seem to have a command that does this without also attempting to update.

#!/bin/bash

# Function to check for updates and send notification
check_updates() {
    updates=$(checkupdates && yay -Qua)

    if [ -n "$updates" ]; then
        notify-send -t 60000 -a "System Updates" "Updates Available" "Click to update in your terminal" -A "Update"

        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            # Notification was clicked, launch alacritty and run pacman and yay
            alacritty -H -e "bash -c 'sudo pacman -Syu && yay -Sua; echo; read -p \"Press Enter to close this window...\"'"
        fi
    fi
}

# Main loop
while true; do
    check_updates
    sleep 6h
done