inspkg - list and install packages from sid
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:12 pm
Search for a package by string and install from the Unstable repos.
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#!/bin/bash
. /usr/share/doc/dialog/examples/setup-vars
. /usr/share/doc/dialog/examples/setup-tempfile
cat /var/lib/apt/lists/*unstable*_Packages | grep "Package:" | awk -F ' ' '{ print $2 }' | sort > ~/.pkglist1
ar=()
while read n s ; do
ar+=($n "$s" "\n")
done < ~/.pkglist1
dialog --clear --title "Package search" --inputbox "Enter the string to grep all unstable packages for:" 0 0 2> $tempfile
retval=$?
grep `cat $tempfile` ~/.pkglist1 > ~/.pkglist2
while read n s ; do
arr+=($n "$s" "\n")
done < ~/.pkglist2
dialog --clear --backtitle "Install Sid packages" --title "Search string: `cat $tempfile`" --checklist "Select Sid packages to install" 26 45 30 "${arr[@]}" 2> $tempfile
retval=$?
case $retval in
$DIALOG_CANCEL)
rm ~/.pkglist* &>/dev/null
reset
clear
exit 0;;
esac
sudo apt-get -y install `cat $tempfile`
rm ~/.pkglist* &>/dev/null