Guido Berhoerster guido+pui@berhoerster.name
19 June, 2018
package-update-indicator 1 User Commands
package-update-indicator notify about available software updates
`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