update

update is a small script that updates apps from Apt, Pi-Apps, Flatpak, Homebrew, NPM, and the Snap Store, a.k.a. snapd.

Install

curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Crilum/update/main/install" | bash

This should work for most systems (Apt-based distros (not Alpine Linux, yet..), DNF-based distros, most other Linux distros, and MacOS). If it doesn't work on your system, create an issue (or even better, a PR), and I'll try to help.

If you want to install manually | click to expand

There are two different ways to download the script, the first one is easier, but you can use the second one if you want.

Method 1. Use `wget` and download `update` directly, and copy the script to `/usr/local/bin/`:

1. Make sure wget is installed:

   sudo apt install wget
   

2. Download the latest version of update with wget:

   version="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Crilum/update/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K(.*)(?=")')"
   wget "https://github.com/Crilum/update/raw/v${version}/update"
   

3. Move update to /usr/local/bin/:

   sudo mv update /usr/local/bin/update
   

4. Make update executable:

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/update
   

Method 2. Use `git clone` and copy the script to `/usr/local/bin/`:

1. Clone the latest release of the repository:

   version="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Crilum/update/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K(.*)(?=")')"
   git clone https://github.com/Crilum/update/ -b $version
   

2. Or, if you have GitHub CLI:

   version="$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Crilum/update/releases/latest | grep -oP '"tag_name": "\K(.*)(?=")')"
   gh repo clone Crilum/update -- -b $version
   

3. Copy the Update Script to /usr/local/bin/:

   cd update && sudo cp update /usr/local/bin/update
   

4. Make it executable:

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/update
   

5. Remove the cloned repository (This is optional):

   rm -rf update/
   

Uninstall

Just uninstall the package:

Apt based distros:

sudo apt remove update

Or, if your system doesn't have an update package:

Other linux:

sudo rm -f /usr/bin/update /usr/bin/up

MacOS:

sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/update /usr/local/bin/up

and you're done!

Usage

You can use update like this:

These are the main options/arguments for update:

update apt · -a · --apt [packages]         Updates apt packages
update all · -A · --all                    Updates apps on all installed package managers and/or app stores that are supported - Note: This option does not update NPM packages because this can cause trouble.
update pi-apps · -p · --pi-apps            Updates Pi-Apps, and apps installed with Pi-Apps
update npm · -n · --npm                    Updates all npm packages
update snaps · -s · --snaps [snaps]        Updates snaps with snapd
update flatpak · -f · --flatpak [packages] Updates flatpak apps
update homebrew · -H · --homebrew          Updates Homebrew apps
update pacman · -c · --pacman [packages]   Updates pacman apps
update dnf · -d · --dnf                    Updates dnf packages
update self-update · -u · --self-update    Updates the update script
update help · -h · --help                  Displays this help
update version · -v · --version            Prints version

Flags for update:

      --no-grep-args                       If this flag is specified, update won't remove arguments that are also packages from the update package list, i.e. 'apt'

Todo

• make a unified install script.
• Make a Releases tesing system, so when I release an update GitHub Actions tests installation.
• Create Contributing.md.
• Create pull request templates.
• Create a editable configuration for all argument
• Create a more reliable way to check for updates that doesn't depend on a variable in the script, or modify update2deb to edit the script and set the right version.
• Make install uninstall update if it's already installed