apt-watch-gnome software package provides Applet that monitors apt sources for upgrades (GNOME applet), you can install in your Debian 7 (Wheezy) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install apt-watch-gnome
apt-watch-gnome is installed in your system.
Make ensure the apt-watch-gnome package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep apt-watch-gnome *
You will get with apt-watch-gnome package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 7 wheezy |
| Section | Administration Utilities |
| Package | apt-watch-gnome |
| Version | 0.4.0-2.1 |
| Description | Applet that monitors apt sources for upgrades (GNOME applet) |
| Sub Section | Admin |