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.\"     Title: checkupdates
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.\"      Date: 2024-03-16
.\"    Manual: Pacman-contrib Manual
.\"    Source: Pacman-contrib 1.10.5
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "CHECKUPDATES" "8" "2024\-03\-16" "Pacman\-contrib 1\&.10\&.5" "Pacman\-contrib Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
checkupdates \- safely print a list of pending updates
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIcheckupdates\fR [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fIcheckupdates\fR checks for pending updates using a separate pacman database located in \fBTMPDIR\fR if \fBCHECKUPDATES_DB\fR is not set and outputs a list of updates with the old and new version\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-c, \-\-change\fR
.RS 4
Check for new available updates only, prints the list of available updates only if it differs from the last time checkupdates was run with that option\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-d, \-\-download\fR
.RS 4
Download any pending updates to the pacman cache\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display syntax and command\-line options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-nocolor\fR
.RS 4
Do not colorize output\&.
Color
must be enabled in
pacman\&.conf
for the listing to be colored to begin with\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-n, \-\-nosync\fR
.RS 4
Do not sync the temporary database, works best when the temporary database is updated regularly through some other means such as a cronjob or systemd timer\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display version information\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBCHECKUPDATES_DB\fR
.RS 4
Override the default
\fI${TMPDIR:\-/tmp}/checkup\-db\-${UID}\fR
temporary database location\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBCHECKUPDATES_CHANGE\fR
.RS 4
state file location for the \-c/\-\-change option\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBTMPDIR\fR
.RS 4
Override the default
\fI/tmp\fR
temporary directory\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBXDG_STATE_HOME\fR
.RS 4
Override the default
\fI$HOME/\&.local/state\fR
state directory
.RE
.SH "ERRORS"
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On exit, checkupdates will return one of the following error codes\&.
.PP
0
.RS 4
Normal exit condition\&.
.RE
.PP
1
.RS 4
Unknown cause of failure\&.
.RE
.PP
2
.RS 4
No updates are available\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBpacman\fR(8), \fBpacman.conf\fR(5)
.SH "BUGS"
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Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software\&. But if we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at https://gitlab\&.archlinux\&.org/pacman/pacman\-contrib/\-/issues/new\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Current maintainers:
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Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis\&.com>
.RE
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.RS 4
.ie n \{\
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Daniel M\&. Capella <polyzen@archlinux\&.org>
.RE
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For additional contributors, use git shortlog \-s on the pacman\-contrib\&.git repository\&.