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Not everyone uses paru or yay on Arch: Support pacman command #1900

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Not everyone uses paru or yay on Arch: Support pacman command
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Handle sudo properly when using pacman
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Move pacman to bottom per Purian23
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Remote duplicate which -- thanks Purian23!
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45 changes: 24 additions & 21 deletions quickshell/Services/SystemUpdateService.qml
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Expand Up @@ -44,24 +44,26 @@ Singleton {
}
}

readonly property var archBasedPMSettings: {
"listUpdatesSettings": {
"params": ["-Qu"],
"correctExitCodes": [0, 1] // Exit code 0 = updates available, 1 = no updates
},
"upgradeSettings": {
"params": ["-Syu"],
"requiresSudo": false
},
"parserSettings": {
"lineRegex": /^(\S+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+->\s+([^\s]+)$/,
"entryProducer": function (match) {
return {
"name": match[1],
"currentVersion": match[2],
"newVersion": match[3],
"description": `${match[1]} ${match[2]} → ${match[3]}`
};
readonly property var archBasedPMSettings: function(requiresSudo) {
return {
"listUpdatesSettings": {
"params": ["-Qu"],
"correctExitCodes": [0, 1] // Exit code 0 = updates available, 1 = no updates
},
"upgradeSettings": {
"params": ["-Syu"],
"requiresSudo": requiresSudo
},
"parserSettings": {
"lineRegex": /^(\S+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+->\s+([^\s]+)$/,
"entryProducer": function (match) {
return {
"name": match[1],
"currentVersion": match[2],
"newVersion": match[3],
"description": `${match[1]} ${match[2]} → ${match[3]}`
};
}
}
}
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -92,8 +94,9 @@ Singleton {
"checkupdates": archBasedUCSettings
}
readonly property var packageManagerParams: {
"yay": archBasedPMSettings,
"paru": archBasedPMSettings,
"yay": archBasedPMSettings(false),
"paru": archBasedPMSettings(false),
"pacman": archBasedPMSettings(true),
"dnf": fedoraBasedPMSettings
}
readonly property list<string> supportedDistributions: ["arch", "artix", "cachyos", "manjaro", "endeavouros", "fedora"]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ Singleton {

Process {
id: pkgManagerDetection
command: ["sh", "-c", "which paru || which yay || which dnf"]
command: ["sh", "-c", "which paru || which yay || which pacman || which dnf"]

onExited: exitCode => {
if (exitCode === 0) {
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