Make a Topgrade Systemd Service or Cron

[JamesClarke7283]

Discussed in https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade/discussions/736

^{Originally posted by **JamesClarke7283** March 8, 2024} ``` I want to make topgrade run every time i boot my computer, but it finishes with errors(errors i dont know how to capture). Could you please share with me a way i can run topgrade on a cronjob that works? ```

Could we have some sort of builtin way to run topgrade periodically? like on boot(unattended-upgrades) or via a cron (every 12 or x hours). It would help my grandad especially who does not know much about computers and i have to do the updates myself every time i come round, would be better if they could optionally be automatic.

[scrambler-crypto]

topgrade --no-retry --cleanup --yes

should be the command you want to run. You can also edit the config file to have those options as default for the topgrade invocation

[Lazerbeak12345]

Many tools that topgrade interacts with expect user interaction (for example, on arch, pacman). This would not work on those package managers unless unattended upgrade support is added.

[Guiraud]

Hello,

I stupon this too. You can also add --disabled <step> if any answer is needed but not absolutely necessary in topgrade sequence.

There's several options avaible that use the same behaviour :

• --yes [<STEP>...]. #Say yes to package manager's prompt
• --only <STEP>... #Perform only the specified steps (experimental) The step are the different step available in the host :

  am, app_man, asdf, atom, audit, auto_cpufreq, bin, bob, brew_cask, brew_formula, bun, bun_packages, cargo, certbot, chezmoi, chocolatey, choosenim, clam_av_db, composer, conda, config_update, containers, custom_commands, deb_get, deno, distrobox, dkp_pacman, dotnet, elan, emacs, firmware, flatpak, flutter, fossil, gcloud, gem, ghcup, github_cli_extensions, git_repos, gnome_shell_extensions, go, guix, haxelib, helm, home_manager, jetpack, julia, juliaup, kakoune, helix, krew, lure, lensfun, macports, mamba, miktex, mas, maza, micro, mise, myrepos, nix, node, opam, pacdef, pacstall, pearl, pip3, pip_review, pip_review_local, pipupgrade, pipx, pkg, pkgin, platformio_core, pnpm, powershell, protonup, pyenv, raco, rcm, remotes, restarts, rtcl, ruby_gems, rustup, rye, scoop, sdkman, self_update, sheldon, shell, snap, sparkle, spicetify, stack, stew, system, tldr, tlmgr, tmux, toolbx, vagrant, vcpkg, vim, vscode, waydroid, winget, wsl, wsl_update, xcodes, yadm, yarn]

[SteveLauC]

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Perform only the specified steps (experimental)

I guess this option no longer needs to be experimental, let me update the doc.