From 2e9792cdff0fd828c383b6c0943395c59c4743ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zach <zach@brohn.se>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:49:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updates now checks helper

---
 Helpers/Updates.qml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Helpers/Updates.qml b/Helpers/Updates.qml
index 7ad83b9..48faa89 100644
--- a/Helpers/Updates.qml
+++ b/Helpers/Updates.qml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Singleton {
 	id: root
 
 	property int availableUpdates: 0
+	property bool commandReady
 	property bool loaded
 	property double now: Date.now()
 	property var updates: ({})
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ Singleton {
 		running: true
 
 		onTriggered: {
-			if (!root.loaded)
+			if (!root.loaded || !root.commandReady)
 				return;
 
 			updatesProc.running = true;
@@ -62,10 +63,33 @@ Singleton {
 		onTriggered: root.now = Date.now()
 	}
 
+	Process {
+		id: cmdDetect
+
+		command: ["sh", "-c", "command -v yay || command -v paru"]
+		running: true
+
+		stdout: StdioCollector {
+			onStreamFinished: {
+				const cmd = this.text.trim();
+				let helper;
+
+				if (cmd.length > 0) {
+					helper = cmd.split("/").pop();
+				} else {
+					helper = "pacman";
+				}
+
+				updatesProc.command = [helper, "-Qu"];
+				root.commandReady = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	Process {
 		id: updatesProc
 
-		command: ["checkupdates"]
+		command: []
 		running: false
 
 		stdout: StdioCollector {