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A Bash Script to Check the Availability of a Package in official Debian and Ubuntu Repositories.
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
# Script Name: dpkg-repo-query.sh | |
# Description: Checks the availability of a package in official | |
# Debian and Ubuntu repositories via their websites. | |
# Website: https://gist.github.com/ostechnix | |
# Version: 1.0 | |
# Usage: chmod +x dpkg-repo-query.sh | |
# ./dpkg-repo-query.sh | |
# ------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
# Function to print table header | |
print_header() { | |
echo "+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+" | |
echo "| Package Name | Distribution | Version | Status |" | |
echo "+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+" | |
} | |
# Map Ubuntu and Debian version numbers to codenames | |
declare -A ubuntu_versions | |
declare -A debian_versions | |
ubuntu_versions=( ["23.10"]="mantic" ["23.04"]="lunar" ["22.04"]="jammy" ["20.04"]="focal" ["18.04"]="bionic" ["16.04"]="xenial" ["14.04"]="trusty" ) | |
debian_versions=( ["12"]="bookworm" ["11"]="bullseye" ["10"]="buster" ["9"]="stretch" ["8"]="jessie" ["7"]="wheezy" ["6"]="squeeze" ) | |
# Prompt for package name, distribution, and version | |
read -p "Enter the package name: " pkg_name | |
read -p "Enter the distribution (debian/ubuntu): " dist | |
read -p "Enter the distribution version (e.g., buster, jammy, 22.04, 11, etc.): " dist_version | |
# Convert version numbers to codenames for Ubuntu and Debian | |
if [[ "$dist" == "ubuntu" && ${ubuntu_versions[$dist_version]} ]]; then | |
dist_version=${ubuntu_versions[$dist_version]} | |
elif [[ "$dist" == "debian" && ${debian_versions[$dist_version]} ]]; then | |
dist_version=${debian_versions[$dist_version]} | |
fi | |
print_header | |
# Check Debian or Ubuntu repositories | |
if [[ "$dist" == "debian" ]]; then | |
url="https://packages.debian.org/$dist_version/$pkg_name" | |
result=$(curl -s $url | grep "Package: $pkg_name") | |
elif [[ "$dist" == "ubuntu" ]]; then | |
url="https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=$pkg_name&searchon=names&suite=$dist_version§ion=all" | |
result=$(curl -s $url | grep -E "Package $pkg_name(<| )") | |
else | |
echo "Invalid distribution. Please choose either 'debian' or 'ubuntu'." | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
if [[ -n "$result" ]]; then | |
status="Available" | |
else | |
status="Not Available" | |
fi | |
printf "| %-14s | %-14s | %-14s | %-14s |\n" "$pkg_name" "$dist" "$dist_version" "$status" | |
echo "+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+" |
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