package-update-indicator1
Notify about available software updates
Usage
package-update-indicator [{-q | --quit}]
[{-V | --version}]
Overview
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
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.
Releases
4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.