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Functions

Package manager functions

Function names consist of two parts, one that refers to the package manager that is being operated on, and the second refers the specific operation to be done on that package manager.

The part that refers two the package manager always start with an underscore (_) and then the exact command of the package manager is placed after.

For the second part, _install and _update are currently implemented. Parameters The parameteres passed to package manager functions depends solely on the operation of the function.

_update functions don't take any parameters
_install functions take package names to be installed, as seperate arguments.

Example

_pacman_install iproute2 python3 # install python3 and iproute2 using pacman
_apt-get_update # update the database of apt-get

_package_manager_func_to_use()

Purpose
Echos the function prefix that works with current machines package manager.

Bhavior Checks for existance of package managers, and echos the function to use the one with the highest priority.

Current priority of package managers:

  1. apt
  2. apt-get
  3. dpkg (not implemented)
  4. pacman
  5. rpm (not implemented)
  6. dnf (not implemented)

installpkg()

Purpose Install a package using the provided function by _package_manager_func_to_use.

Parameters Package names to be installed, as seperate arguments.

Example

installpkg iproute2 python3 #install iproute2 and python3