A script to download and unpack and use Ubuntu packages without root permissions

install_ubuntu_package_locally_without_root.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Usage example: bash install_ubuntu_package_locally_without_root.sh libopencv-dev ~/deb
# Author: Vadim Kantorov

# Add the following exports to your .bashrc or .profile to use the unpacked packages
# export PATH=$HOME/deb/usr/bin:$PATH
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/deb/usr/lib:$HOME/deb/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
# export CPATH=$HOME/deb/usr/include:$CPATH
# export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

set -e

DEB=${2:-deb}
mkdir -p $DEB
for url in $(apt-get --print-uris --yes install $1 | grep http | cut -d\' -f2);
do
    wget $url -P $DEB
    dpkg -x $DEB/"${url##*/}" $DEB
done