{"id":20918,"library":"always-updates","title":"Always Updates","description":"A system update utility that runs OS package manager updates. Latest version 156.7, frequent releases.","status":"active","version":"156.7","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/alwaysupdates/always_updates","tags":["system","update","os"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install always-updates","lang":"bash","label":"PyPI"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"always_check was removed in v100","wrong":"from always_updates import always_check","symbol":"update_system","correct":"from always_updates import update_system"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from always_updates import update_system\nupdate_system(check_only=False)","lang":"python","description":"Runs a full system update."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Replace always_check() with update_system(check_only=True).","message":"In v150, the function always_check was removed; use update_system with check_only=True.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=150"},{"fix":"Run with sudo or as admin.","message":"update_system with check_only=False requires root privileges on Linux; otherwise it raises PermissionError.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Remove the force parameter; use update_system() without it.","message":"The 'force' parameter in update_system is deprecated since v140 and will be removed.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=140,<200"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Install with 'pip install always-updates' and import as 'always_updates'.","cause":"Wrong import path: the package is installed as 'always-updates' but import uses underscore.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'always_updates'"},{"fix":"Use update_system(check_only=True) instead.","cause":"always_check was removed in v150.","error":"AttributeError: module 'always_updates' has no attribute 'always_check'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}