Man page - package-update-indicator(1)
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PACKAGE-UPDATE-IND
NAMESYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EXIT STATUS
SEE ALSO
NAME
package-update-indicator - notify about available software updates
SYNOPSIS
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package-update-indicator [ -q | --quit ] [ -V | --version ] |
DESCRIPTION
The package-update-indicator utility regularly checks for software updates and notifies the user about available updates using desktop notifications and either a status notifier icon or a system tray icon.
Protocol-specific proxies specified through the corresponding environment variables will be used by PackagKit when refreshing metadata if the user is allowed to use the polkit action org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-network-proxy-configure without authentication.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-q , --quit
Quit the running instance of package-update-indicator .
-V , --version
Print the version number and exit.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
http_proxy
Network proxy using the HTTP protcol.
https_proxy
Network proxy using the HTTPS protcol.
ftp_proxy
Network proxy using the FTP protcol.
socks_proxy
Network proxy using the SOCKS protcol.
no_proxy
Comma-separated list of host for which no proxy should be used.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0
Command successfully executed.
1
An unspecified error has occured.
2
Invalid command line options were specified.
SEE ALSO
package-update-indicator-prefs (1), polkit (8)