A simple widget for awesomewm that notifies you when specified AUR packages are out of date
cd ~/.config/awesome
git clone https://github.com/marceloneil/aur-widget.git
vim rc.lua
Add the following after initializing beautiful:
local aur = require("aur-widget.aur")
aur.init(3607) -- Updates every hour
Then add the aur.widget
into the wibox:
...
wibox.widget.systray(),
aur.widget,
mytextclock,
...
Add a new python file for each package in packages/
. Use example.py
for reference. Add each package to __init__.py
when you are done. Note: the method name must match the filename.