dev_Installing

Installing Applications

installApp

installApp is the name of the function and

• it take an unlimited amount of arguments.
• it DOES (use to be "echo out" but not fancy_messsage's out ... same idea ) display out those arguments in a line similar "Installing "
• it then uses the $install var to install the selected -$install is assigned based on the pmanager variable
  • debian or ubuntu: apt
  • fedora: dnf
  • opensuse: zyppers
  • solus: eopkg
• Best used when:
  • I think this is best when installing something from a default repo or AFTER the needed sources (PPA? RPMFusion? Pacman repo?) are added already.
• Checking for software installed already:
  • This will check the list of apps and only install those not detected as installed already
• IMPORTANT NOTE:
  • I cant remember why this is the case but each argument in the list passed to installApp has to be in seperate double quotes for the checking part of installApp
    • ... otherwise it's all detected as one single string, I think.

$install variable

• This is based on the package manager

• Examples

  • Arch Linux/Manjaro
    • sudo pacman -S
  • Debian/Ubuntu
    • sudo apt install
  • Fedora
    • sudo dnf install
  • OpenSuse
    • sudo zypper install
  • Solus
    • sudo eopkg install

• all that has to be done is '$install '