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Re: Update Notifier

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On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 05:03:31PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 04:32:44PM +0000, sarez45@att.net wrote:
> > Why doesn't Debian 8 Cinnamon notify when updates are ready to install 
> > after all these years Debian has existed? Don't tell me there is one, 
> > because after installing Debian I waited a long time to see if a 
> > notification would pop up. It never did. I know about doing apt-get 
> > update && apt-get upgrade,but why should we have to use a command 
> > line? It makes me wonder about Debian security. Would you please put 
> > an update notifier in all your versions of Debian.
> > 
> 
> Who do you think you are talking to?
> 

In Debian Jessie install pk-update-icon from debian-backports

In Debian Stretch install pk-update-icon.

This package works both on Cinnamon, XFCE4 and Gnome. Not sure on the other DEs.

Thanks
Matt

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Update Notifier <sarez45@att.net> - 2017-05-05 19:00 +0200
  Re: Update Notifier Dominik George <nik@naturalnet.de> - 2017-05-05 19:20 +0200
  Re: Update Notifier Debian Mailing Lists <debian-lists@comprofix.com> - 2017-05-06 06:00 +0200
  Re: Update Notifier Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-05-14 10:10 +0200
    Re: Update Notifier Matthew McKinnon <comprofix@list.comprofix.com> - 2017-05-15 05:30 +0200
      Re: Update Notifier Yvan Masson <yvan.masson@openmailbox.org> - 2017-05-20 12:40 +0200
        Re: Update Notifier deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 13:10 +0200
        Re: Update Notifier Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-05-20 13:40 +0200
    Re: Update Notifier RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-17 14:50 +0200
      Re: Update Notifier Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com> - 2017-05-17 15:00 +0200
        Re: Update Notifier RavenLX <ravenlx@sitesplace.net> - 2017-05-17 15:30 +0200
      Re: Update Notifier Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-05-17 15:10 +0200
        Re: Update Notifier rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:20 +0200
          Re: Update Notifier Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2017-05-17 16:30 +0200
  Re: Update Notifier SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 18:00 +0200

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