AMU - Automatic Manjaro Updater

THIS SCRIPT IS ONLY(!) THOUGHT FOR MANJARO-BASED INSTALLATIONS AND NOTHING ELSE! IT WILL NOT WORK AS INTENDED OR MAKE THE SYSTEM UNUSABLE ON OTHER INSTALLATIONS! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! POWER LOSS DURING UPDATES CAN LEAVE THE SYSTEM IN AN UNBOOTABLE STATE!

This script will install my custom script to update your system when it's being shutdown. It is tested on Manjaro 21.1.6, but should work on future versions as well.

The script requires root privileges to copy the files to the corresponding locations.

This script also includes a service that updates your flatpak and snap packages at startup.

Pamac (the default package manager of Manjaro) is used to update the system!

The updates are only executed at shutdown, not at reboot.

Features

• automatically search for updates at shutdown
• update at shutdown only, not at reboots
• use systemd to stay compatible over system updates
• integration with all Manjaro flavors
• graphical integration with progress bars
• updates your flatpak and snap packages at startup
• independant of the desktop environment
• logs are saved at /var/log/manjaro-automatic-update/
• log management to keep the 15 newest logs
• only apply updates when battery is charged to >90% (notebook only)
• installable using live system or existing system
• automatic plymouth installation
• backup existing configuration
• works with encrypted drives

Known Issues

• updating with a wifi connection might not work as the connection to the wifi network is closed after logging out. To fix it, go to the network settings of your wifi network and check the checkbox to allow all users to connect to the network. Updates should work now when connected to this wifi
• if installed in a live environment, you have to know the name of the partition you installed Manjaro onto
• Automatically updating the system is not recommended and can potentially break your system! Do not expect help in the official forum should this script break your system!

Pictures

INSTALLATION

1. Clone this Repository & extract the zip

2. optional: replace shutdown_update with shutdown_update_GERMAN in the files folder

3. make install.sh executable (right click on the file -> properties -> permissions tab -> "is executable")

4. start install.sh

5. follow instructions

That's it! Enjoy!

REMOVAL

1. make uninstall.sh executable (right click on the file -> properties -> permissions tab -> "is executable")

2. start uninstall.sh

3. reboot

After that, updates should not be applied at shutdown anymore

TODO

- only apply updates when connected to power AND battery is over 50% charged DONE

- Make installer work with different terminals DONE

Contribution

I'm open and welcome contributions to make this script better and/or available to more distributions. Currently, the script is quite hacky as it is not using the offline-update service, but a custom solution. If you know a better approach, feel free to open a pull request!

Should you encounter any problem, please open an issue. Use at your own risk!

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