AUR usage != Manjaro stable branch
Test if you are AUR ready by running below snippet in a terminal
if [[ $(pacman-mirrors -G) == 'stable' ]]; then echo 'AUR is a no-go'; else echo 'OK - go ahead'; fi
The Arch way
Every AUR build script page has a notification subscription → in upper right box.
This is a simple as it gets - when the script is updated you get a mail notification.
But Pamac can do that?
And you are correct - it can.
Even so it has proven countless times this is a bad idea.
- An otherwise successful sync breaks due invalid AUR database
- You run into issues when a package and dependencies is demoted from repo to AUR
- Duplicate package names - where version in AUR is higher than official repo.
[Example 1] [Example 2]
That just a couple of stumbling points the last couple of months.
So do yourself a favour and revert Pamac → Preferences → Third Party → Check for updates to the default - which is disabled.
One simple solutions is to run a script after login
The script
The script requires yay to be installed
sudo pacman -Syu yay
Create a script - check-aur.sh - place it in ~/.local/bin and make it executable with content
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if ! command -v yay > /dev/null; then
echo ":: Yay not found... (sudo pacman -S yay)"
exit 1
fi
aur_changed=$(yay -Quaq)
if ! [[ -z ${aur_changed} ]]; then
if ! stty &>/dev/null; then
notify-send -u normal "Notification of AUR changes" "$aur_changed"
exit
fi
printf "${aur_changed}"
fi
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/check-aur.sh
The script will do
- check if yay is installed - if not exit
- execute
yay -Quaqand store the response in a variable - if there is any content in the response
- if run by a service use the system notification daemon to pop a notification
- if run from command line output to console
autorun after login
To run it one time after login create a user service file
First create the service folder structure
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
Then create a file ~/.config/systemd/user/check-aur.service - paste the following content
[Unit]
Description=Check for changes to AUR my buildscrpts
# wait for network
After=syslog.target network.target default.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 30
ExecStart=/home/%u/.local/bin/check-aur.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
Start the user service - do not use sudo
systemctl --user enable check-aur.service
After login the service will activate and do the following
- wait 30 seconds
- run the check-aur.sh script
- execute the script and exit
oh-no no updates - what shall I make of my time
If you are not satisfied with the popup shortly after login create a timer
Do not flood AUR with useless traffic
Create a complementary timer ~/.config/systemd/user/check-aur.timer with content - example is 4 hours
[Unit]
Description=Schedule AUR change checks
[Timer]
OnBootSec=10m
Persistent=true
OnCalendar=0/4:00:00
OnUnitActiveSec=4h
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
The timer will do this
- wait until 10m after boot
- activate the check-aur.service
- re-activate the service every 4 hours while system is up
When using a timer - you need to disable the service - otherwise the timer refuse to activate it.
systemctl --user disable --now check-aur.service
Then activate the timer
systemctl --user enable --now check-aur.timer
