BigFive Updater

One command. All distros. Zero nonsense.

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You run Fedora on your desktop, Ubuntu on your server, Arch on your side project, and Alpine in your containers. Updating them means remembering dnf, apt, pacman, zypper, apk — and their flags, quirks, and gotchas.

BigFive Updater gives you one command that works everywhere: guncel.

It detects your distro, picks the right package manager, runs the update with sane defaults, logs everything, and gets out of your way. Pure Bash. No dependencies. No magic.

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Supported Distros

	Distro Family	Package Manager
🎩	Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, Alma	dnf / yum
🐧	Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Pop!_OS, Zorin	apt
🏗️	Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, CachyOS	pacman
🦎	openSUSE Leap, Tumbleweed, GeckoLinux	zypper
🏔️	Alpine Linux	apk

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Install

# Universal (all distros)
curl -fsSL https://github.com/CalmKernelTR/bigfive-updater/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sudo bash

# Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S bigfive-updater

# Alpine Linux — see full docs for repo setup
apk add bigfive-updater

Use

guncel                # Interactive update — just run it
guncel --auto         # Non-interactive, perfect for cron
guncel --dry-run      # See what would happen, change nothing
guncel --doctor       # System health check
guncel --history      # Review past updates
guncel --verbose      # Show every detail
guncel --quiet        # Minimal output
guncel --lang en      # English output (default: Turkish)
guncel --version      # Show version
guncel --help         # Show all options

Three aliases, same tool: guncel, updater, bigfive.

Example Output

$ sudo guncel --auto

>>> BigFive Updater v6.5.1 (Fluent Edition - India)
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>>> APT: Güncelleme Başlıyor
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  [✓] Paket listesi güncellendi.

>>> APT: Dist-Upgrade
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  [✓] 12 paket güncellendi.

>>> APT: Temizlik
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  [✓] Temizlik tamamlandı.

>>> Flatpak: Güncelleme
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  [✓] 3 uygulama güncellendi.

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  [+] GÜNCELLEME TAMAMLANDI
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  APT: 12 paket güncellendi
  Flatpak: 3 uygulama güncellendi
  Snap: Güncel
  Firmware: Güncel
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  Snapshot: Oluşturulmadı
  Reboot: Gerekli değil
  Log: /var/log/bigfive-updater/update_20260224_030000.log
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Why not just apt upgrade?

You already know your package manager. BigFive doesn't replace it — it wraps it with things you'd build yourself if you had the time:

• Distro detection — one command across all your machines, no muscle memory switching
• Logging — every update logged with timestamps, searchable with --history
• Health checks — --doctor catches common issues before they bite (stale repos, broken deps, disk space)
• Dry run — preview changes before committing, especially on production
• i18n — Turkish and English, runtime switchable
• Cron-friendly — --auto --quiet for unattended servers, with logrotate included
• Shell completions — Bash, Zsh, Fish

If you only run one distro on one machine, your native package manager is fine. BigFive shines when you manage multiple distros or want guardrails around your updates.

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Documentation

	Language	README	Roadmap	Changelog
🇹🇷	Türkçe	README.tr.md	ROADMAP.tr.md	CHANGELOG.tr.md
🇬🇧	English	README.en.md	ROADMAP.en.md	CHANGELOG.en.md

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md · Code of Conduct · Security Policy

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License

MIT — use it, fork it, improve it.

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Built by CalmKernel — tembel ama takıntılı adminin en yakın dostu.