Updateall

Description

Updateall is a script that runs updates/upgrades for multiple package managers and software in a single command on Linux systems. It runs updates for all the major package managers and terminal customization software like oh-my-posh, and logs the results.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/bcook128/updateall.git
cd /updateall
chmod +x install.sh
bash ./install.sh

Usage

updateall [-s <package_manager>] [--version] [--help]

Options

• -s <package_manager>: Skip running updates for the specified package manager. Supported package managers include apt, pacstall, snap, flatpak, deb-get, pipx, pacman, yay, dnf, brew, cargo, and zypper. It also updates oh-my-posh.
• -v, --version: Display the version of the updateall script.
• -h, --help: Display usage information about the updateall script.
• -l, --logs: Display last updateall log.

Files

• $HOME/log/updateall: directory where updateall stores log files
• /usr/share/bin/updateall: location of updateall script
• /usr/share/man/man1/updateall.1.gz: location of updateall manpages

Version

updateall 2.0

History

Version 2.0: Added support for homebrew (brew), nix package manager, and rust (cargo).

Version 1.9: Updated to run updates for pacstall and KDE Neon specific apt updates.

Version 1.8: Added option to view most recent updateall log file.

Version 1.7: Updated support for oh-my-posh and added options for skipping package managers.

Notes

This script requires sudo privileges to execute the package manager updates.

Bugs

No known bugs

Examples

Run updates/upgrades for all installed package managers:

updateall

Update all packages but skip flatpak and pipx:

updateall -s flatpak -s pipx

Author

Brad Cook bcook1281@gmail.com