
The Update Notifier will check for updates approximately 2-3 minutes after computer startup. Thereafter, it will check every 6 hours. If updates are available, it will show a desktop notification and an icon in the system tray. The desktop notification shows the number of updates available and lists them. Hovering your mouse over the system tray icon will show you the same information.

This version is only a notifier. It simply lets the user know that updates are available...nothing more.

Clicking the icon in the system tray will close the system tray notification. It's then left up to the user to perform updates manually via a terminal or synaptic.
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Dependencies:

bash 

yad 

policykit-1-gnome (or another polkit)

xfce4-notifyd (or dunst, notification-daemon, etc. Many desktop environments have their own desktop notifications)
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Installation Instructions: 

PERFORM STEPS 1-4 AS ROOT!!!

1. Move the four .sh scripts into /usr/local/bin/

Make sure their permissions are set to allow anyone to run them. They should already be set, but it never hurts to make sure. ;)


2. Move the updates.svg icon into /usr/share/pixmaps/ 


3. Move the 2 cron files into /etc/cron.d/

IF YOU UNZIPPED THE FILE AS A REGULAR USER, MAKE SURE TO CHANGE THE OWNER AND GROUP (OF THOSE TWO CRON FILES) FROM "your-name" TO "root"


4. Move the two Desktop files into /etc/xdg/autostart/

If your window manager doesn't recognize items in /etc/xdg/autostart/, add the following lines to your autostart file...

/usr/local/bin/notifier-first-run.sh 

/usr/local/bin/notifier-six-hours.sh


5. Reboot
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If you don't want the desktop notification pop-up window...

As root, open the "update-notifer2.sh" script with a text editor, enable line numbers, and comment out lines 7 and 9. Then save and close the file.

Hovering your mouse over the system tray icon will give you the same information as the desktop notification does.

