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On Friday 12 February 2010 11:16:22 Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> does anybody know how to check if a package is installed using a script/ |
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> shell. |
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> Unfortunately eix -I -q CAT/PACK |
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> produces a return code of 0 irrespectively if CAT/PACK |
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> is install or not. |
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> I'd like to say |
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> for P in .......; do |
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> if CHECK_IF_INSTALLED $P; then echo $P; fi |
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> done |
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> |
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> What to replace for CHECK_IF_INSTALLED ? |
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check for the existence of /var/db/pkg/$CAT/%PKG-* using test -f |
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This is not 100% accurate though, as kdebase-menu returns positive if kdebase- |
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menu-icons is installed and kdebase-menu is not |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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