updater

Terminal UI for running a configured set of Linux update tasks.

Install

npm install --global updater

Usage

sudo updater

The first run creates ~/.config/updater/config.json for the invoking sudo user. Tasks can run as either root or the original user, and task applicability is checked with structured executable/path checks instead of shell commands.

Config

Each task has a name, optional runAs value, optional checks, and one or more commands.

{
	"tasks": [
		{
			"name": "APT Packages",
			"runAs": "root",
			"checks": [{"cmd": "apt-get"}],
			"commands": [
				{
					"cmd": "apt-get",
					"args": ["update"],
					"title": "Updating package lists"
				},
				{
					"cmd": "apt-get",
					"args": ["upgrade", "-y"],
					"title": "Upgrading packages"
				}
			]
		}
	]
}

runAs defaults to root. Use runAs: "user" for commands that should use the original sudo user’s home directory and UID/GID, such as editor extensions or per-user package managers.