CHECKUPDATES(8)              Pacman-contrib Manual             CHECKUPDATES(8)

NAME
       checkupdates - safely print a list of pending updates

SYNOPSIS
       checkupdates [options]

DESCRIPTION
       checkupdates checks for pending updates using a separate pacman
       database located in TMPDIR if CHECKUPDATES_DB is not set and outputs a
       list of updates with the old and new version.

OPTIONS
       -c, --change
           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.

       -d, --download
           Download any pending updates to the pacman cache.

       -h, --help
           Display syntax and command-line options.

       --nocolor
           Do not colorize output.  Color must be enabled in pacman.conf for
           the listing to be colored to begin with.

       -n, --nosync
           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.

       -V, --version
           Display version information.

ENVIRONMENT
       CHECKUPDATES_DB
           Override the default ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/checkup-db-${UID} temporary
           database location.

       CHECKUPDATES_CHANGE
           state file location for the -c/--change option.

       TMPDIR
           Override the default /tmp temporary directory.

       XDG_STATE_HOME
           Override the default $HOME/.local/state state directory

ERRORS
       On exit, checkupdates will return one of the following error codes.

       0
           Normal exit condition.

       1
           Unknown cause of failure.

       2
           No updates are available.

SEE ALSO
       pacman(8), pacman.conf(5)

BUGS
       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.

AUTHORS
       Current maintainers:

       o   Johannes Lothberg <johannes@kyriasis.com>

       o   Daniel M. Capella <polyzen@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the
       pacman-contrib.git repository.

Pacman-contrib 1.10.5             2024-03-16                   CHECKUPDATES(8)