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Vivek
Asked: 2011-11-09 22:58:01 +0800 CST

Add Update Manager to the System menu in GNOME Shell

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In Unity, the Update Manager was included in the power cog menu along with log out, suspend, shut down etc. But in GNOME Shell, I do not find such an option. Is there any extension or tweak to make Update Manager appear in that menu?

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  1. Best Answer

    This way to solve the problem is achieved by using the alternative-status-menu extension.

    Install extension

    If you have not installed the alternative-status-menu extension, type the following commands in the terminal.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu

    Patching

    gedit update-menu-extension.patch

    Cut the following, and paste in the editor.

    diff -urNP org/extension.js new/extension.js
--- org/extension.js    2011-11-10 00:12:19.912240830 +0900
+++ new/extension.js    2011-11-10 00:10:14.779233789 +0900
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 const St = imports.gi.St;

+const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const PopupMenu = imports.ui.popupMenu;
 const GnomeSession = imports.misc.gnomeSession;
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@
 const Gettext = imports.gettext.domain('gnome-shell-extensions');
 const _ = Gettext.gettext;

+function updateManager(item) {
+        Main.overview.hide();
+        let app = Shell.AppSystem.get_default().lookup_setting('update-manager.desktop');
+        app.activate();
+}
+
+
 function updateSuspend(object, pspec, item) {
     item.actor.visible = object.get_can_suspend();
 }
@@ -57,6 +65,10 @@
     item.connect('activate', Lang.bind(this, this._onPreferencesActivate));
     this.menu.addMenuItem(item);

+    item = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuItem(_("Update Manager"));
+    item.connect('activate', Lang.bind(this, updateManager));
+    this.menu.addMenuItem(item);
+
     item = new PopupMenu.PopupSeparatorMenuItem();
     this.menu.addMenuItem(item);

    Add a blank line at the last line, and save.

    cp /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js

patch -p1 < update-menu-extension.patch

sudo cp extension.js /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/.

    Restart gnome-shell and turn on the alternative-status-menu extension by gnome-tweak-tool.

    Screenshot of added entry (note: in Japanese)

    The above screenshot is from the Japanese version. "アップデートマネージャー" = "Update Manager". Don't worry, the menu item ("Update Manager") will be displayed in English.

    Note: If you will upgrade alternative-status-menu, you can not use "Update Manager" menu in session menus because alternative-status-menu extension will be overwritten.

    Recovery

    sudo apt-get purge gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu

    or

    sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu
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