DISCLAIMER: USE THE SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK

COMMANDS RAN BY THE SCRIPT:

• sudo zypper refresh
• sudo zypper dup -y --allow-vendor-change --force-resolution
• sudo flatpak update -y

HOW TO RUN IT?:

Step 1) Go to directory where updsys.sh is

Step 2) Run the command chmod +x updsys.sh this allows updsys.sh to be executable. Now you can run the script using ./updsys.sh from updsys.sh's directory.

Additional Steps:(This allows the use of this script anywhere on the home system)

Step 1) Open ~/.bashrc in any editor. (Remember to make a backup before any changes)

Step 2) Go to the end of the file and add alias com_name='path_to_updsys.sh' , where com_name is any name you use to run the command anywhere and ' ' contains the path to updsys.sh.

Step 3) Save the file.

Step 4) Open terminal. And now you can run the command anywhere with com_name args.

WHY USE IT?:

It automatically updates both flatpak and zypper repositories without cluttering your screen, it does that by showing current progress in a single line and it saves(if the user choses to) a copy of the update's progress in a file.

WHAT DOES IT DO?:

For each update(zypper and flatpak) this is how the screen looks:

• Status: "This shows which update is running"

• Progress: "This shows what is currently happening"

• Running: "This shows the command that is being executed ex: flatpak update"

• ERRORS: "Here all errors/messages dumped by each updater is displayed"

After all updates this is prompted for each update:

Delete Zypper/Flatpak Log File ? (y) [y/n/h]:

Entering nothing or y deletes the update record

Entering n saves the record as Zypper/Flatpak_Log.txt or Zypper/Flatpak_Log_n.txt where n is any +ve integer.

HOW DOES IT WORK?:

It uses updsys.sh which can be ran with the following arguments:

• 0 : This runs both Zypper and Flatpak Updates in that order.
• 1 : This runs Zypper Update first if its the first argument or second if its the second argument.
• 2 : This runs Flatpak Update first if its the first argument or second if its the second argument.
• ANY OTHER ARGUMENTS : Shows Help Menu.

This script has the following functions:

• Remove() ---> This prompts: 'Delete Log File ? (y) [y/n/h]: ' and Removes or saves the update record.

• Update() ---> This executes the Update commands and writes them to a temporary file named as (Zypper/Flatpak)_(Log/Log_n).txt using '>' operator and displays 'Status: ', 'Running:' and 'ERRORS:' sections.

• WriteProgress() ---> This displays the 'Progress:' section of the update by continuosly reading from update record and Writing it to the screen. This uses ansi sequences to print progress.

• Run() ---> This prepares the update record and calls Update & WriteProgress to Run each update.

HOW TO CHANGE COLORS?:

updsys.sh has variables Color1, Color2 and Color3. The Color1 & Color2 variables are used for general display and Color3 is used for error display. These variables are in the format Color="\e[38;2;r;g;b;m" change the r, g and b part to your desired integer value to change the color.

These variables are found at line no: 1, 2 & 3

HOW TO CHANGE UPGRADE COMMANDS?:

If you want to change the default upgrade commands you can do so by changing the variables Command1 and Command2 found in updsys.sh at line no: 43, 44. Command1 variable runs zypper refresh and zypper dup and Command2 runs flatpak update.

HOW TO CHANGE THE NAME FOR UPDATE RECORDS?:

It is possible to change the name for update records but it will always be in the format UpdateName_BaseName.txt where UpdateName is either Zypper or Flatpak based on whichever update its recording. BaseName is by default Log but this can be changed.

To change BaseName go to line no: 7 in updsys.sh and change BaseName="Log" to BaseName="NewChosenName".

I AM NOT ON OPENSUSE CAN I STILL USE THIS?

Yes, theoretically this script can work in other distributions but it requires doing the following:

Step 1) Know the commands required to do the entire system update automatically. (For example in opensuse these are zypper refresh, zypper dup -y and flatpak update -y)

Step 2) Divide those commands into 2 logical groups. (For example in opensuse there are Zypper upgrade commands i.e zypper refresh & zypper dup -y and Flatpak update commands i.e flatpak update -y)

If unable to form 2 groups empty one of the variables in Step 3) ex: Command1="", also make sure to empty a Update variable in Step 4) ex: Update1="" for Command1.

Step 3) See Section "HOW TO CHANGE UPGRADE COMMANDS?:" and change the variables into these command groups in which each command is seperated by a ';'. (For the given example Command1="zypper refresh ; zypper dup -y" and Command2="flatpak update -y")

Step 4) Change the variables Update1 & Update2 on Line: 10 & 11 to whatever you would like to name the logical groups from Step 2). (For the logical groups from Step 2 Update1="Zypper" & Update2="Flatpak").

And Now It Should Work In Your Distribution As Well!