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 o Daniel M. Capella For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman-contrib.git repository. Pacman-contrib 1.10.6 2024-08-24 CHECKUPDATES(8)