Optional Widget for Linux Lite 3.2

[Valtam]

Some important information about this. How the check for updates function works. How it currently works is it uses apt-check during boot up to see if there are any updates according to the last time sudo apt-get update was run. The widget cannot check for actual updates on a regular basis without being run as sudo, something we cannot do without adding users to the sudoers file - not an option!

Also - the latest update check method is not accurate, please revert back to the previous method in the ~/.conky/updates file:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# Check for Updates - for the Linux Lite Conky Widget
# Licence - GPLv2 Sharing is Caring
# Jerry Bezencon - Linux Lite 2016

# Variables

NUMOFUPDATES=$(LANG=C apt-get upgrade -s |grep -P '^\d+ upgraded'|cut -d" " -f1)
UPDATEY1="There is 1 Update available"
UPDATEY2="There are $NUMOFUPDATES Updates available"
UPDATEN="Your system is up to date"

# Statements

if [ $NUMOFUPDATES -gt 1 ]; then
    echo "\${color3}"$UPDATEY2    # If there is more than 1 update available

elif [ $NUMOFUPDATES -eq 1 ]; then
    echo "\${color3}"$UPDATEY1    # Return 1 Update available

else
    echo "\${color2}"$UPDATEN    # System is up to date
fi

exit 0

https://www.linuxliteos.com/files/litewidget3.tar.gz

So, you ask then, why is this part of the widget? It's a reminder when you don't remember, about how important updates are to get. Should this still be part of the widget? Your thoughts please.