PACKAGE-UPDATE-IND(1)

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version 9 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PACKAGE-UPDATE-IND(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the package-update-indicator-prefs page from the User Commands manual, section 1. this is the lil cutie that lets you mess with your prefs. let's gooo ✨

✨ NAME ✨

package-update-indicator-prefs — the tool you open when you wanna edit the preferences for package-update-indicator 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

package-update-indicator-prefs

that's it. no flags, no args, no drama. she's a whole vibe on her own 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, the package-update-indicator-prefs utility is literally the thing you run when you wanna edit the preferences for package-update-indicator. that's the whole job. she shows up, she lets you tweak, she serves. main character energy fr fr 💖

🦋 PREFERENCES 🦋

here's the stuff you get to play with, bestie:

  • Cache refresh interval — the interval in which package metadata gets refreshed. how often she goes and peeks at what's new 👀
  • Update installer command — the command used for installing updates. this is the one that actually does the install, so pick wisely 🎀
  • Use mobile connection — whether to use a mobile connection for refreshing the package cache. yes queen, use your data if you want 🌈

💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

these are the exit values she hands back, and ngl you should know them:

  1. 0 — command successfully executed. slay, it worked ✨
  2. 1 — an unspecified error has occured. not her finest moment 😭
  3. 2 — invalid command line options were specified. wrong input, bestie, try again 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, go read that one too, iykyk 🦋

package-update-indicator version 9, dated 17 June, 2018 — that's the lore, that's the source, and that's your sign-off 💖 mwah, go edit those prefs, bestie 🎀✨

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