In a new installation Octopi does not has an option to search for outdated AUR packages
I deed see now in AUR that there was an update for Mullvad-browser-bin but Octopi deed not tell me regarding the update nor updating when in the Notifier I select Check Updates
Does I miss anything?
Maybe it is hiding it if it doesnāt detect an aur helper. Install yay.
Do you have a compatible AUR helper such as yay or pacaur installed:
Of course yay is installed
But did you tell octopi to use yay as its AUR helper?
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I donāt use a package manager to keep my custom packages updated, it is often causing more issues and troubles - just like this issue.
If you want to see which AUR scripts is different from your installed versions
- open Octopi
- click the Output tab in the lower pane
- Then click the Refresh button
Octopi is notoriously strange to work with when it comes to AUR - Pamac is somewhat better.
If you want a more reliable notification - consider reading Check if your AUR buildscript has changed
well, I was doing some search on different laptops
on Lenovo and my new laptop in the Output tab both they show
āChecking for Updates
There are not available update
Command terminatedā (hope the translation in to English is clearā¦)
but in the Octopi config file of the Lenovo is present āSearch_Outdated_Aur_Packages=trueā while in the new install is not present (the Lenovo install is almost two year old, when Octopi was having the option to search for outdated AUR packages, absent in the latest Octopi. Yesterday it was showing the Yellow icon for the update Mullvad-browser-bin and I deed.
but when I run in konsole
if [[ $(pacman-mirrors -G) == 'stable' ]]; then echo 'AUR is a no-go'; else echo 'OK - go ahead'; fi
both they show
āAUR is a no-goā
but checked the same in a old Dell Precision, with i7 4810 and swappable SSDs, one disk with Garuda KDE Lite and one disk with EndeavourOS both they show:
āOK - go aheadā
of course I can check and update AUR with yay -Syu but the behavior of the latest Octopi is strangeā¦
Yes sir
Mod Edit: Merged consecutive posts.
pacman-mirrors command is Manjaro specific, so if it returns anything but the word stable it will print OK - go ahead; running it on non-manjaro system was not intended - although the result is stunningly funny.
Try running this on anything but Manjaro 
pacman-mirrors -G
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well in Garuda is saying
Command not Found
Exactly. That makes the condition stable not true (cause it errors out) and the if jumps to else, which is āgo aheadā
Now you learn shell scripting and will soon become a geek like us 
Actually EOS uses the same packages as arch or manjaro unstable so it is indeed ok. No idea about garuda.
In manjaro you have a choice: stable branch, on which you are now, aur usage is not recommended, or unstable which plays nicer with aur.
well, Iāve only 3 AUR packages, Librewolf, Mullvad-browser and ttf-ms
Meanwhile, Iām on Testing and have 100 AUR packages - and itās quite alright.
Not saying thatās true for everyoneā¦
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Iāve currently only got 24 AUR packages, but Iām on the Stable branch, and I donāt have any problems with that either.
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Well i am too on stable and have some aur stuff, but we know where the dragons ahead are, donāt we. The average newbie Joe just coming from winboze should definitely refrain using AUR at the beginning.
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Solution:
Search for Outdated AUR is not in the main Options Tab of Octopi but in the Options of Octopi Notifier Icon
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works well now 
Yes, but a newbie will use Pamac and there AUR is disable by default if Iām not wrong
I remember when Manjaro was more close to Arch and Octopi was publishes as in house developedā¦
that was many years before
octopi was never claimed to have been developed by Manjaro. It has always been a package we took over from the AUR. pamac however is developed by Manjaro.
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Yes, Iām wrong and not adopting the right termsā¦
I remember a time when they was promoting the adoption of octopi in manjaro
at that time there was small community and the updates where more frequent than now in stableā¦
of course Iām talking of kdeā¦
Yes, a version of octopi was included, but that doesnāt mean it was developed by Manjaro.
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I wonder where you find that - because - the Options presented from rightclicking the notifier icon ā Options loads the same Options page as you find in Octopi main window menu Tools ā Options.
And I find no references to search for outdated AUR.
You can filter the window using the View Menu ā Outdated. Then select the repository or AUR - .
There is no options that specifically target Search for Outdated AUR.
If you toggle the 
icon (down state/enable yay) then clicking the check updates button (Ctrl+K) will check AUR - if not toggled (up state/disable yay) - the action will check the repos.
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