FYI - Looking at choice of technologies to implement User-driven checklist-based post-install selection of Applications, by function/category and by name.
I've highlighted this entire "project" on the Ubuntu Discourse site.
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Provisioning script (one of many to come) ...
For
- Handling of APT Recommends as Dependencies
Name: provision_PackageRecommendsAsDepends.sh
#!/bin/sh
########################################################################################
######## RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDS ########
########################################################################################
###
### Controlling APT handling of Recommends specifications
###
###
### APT service behaviour configuration directory
###
aptConfDir="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d"
if [ -s "${aptConfDir}" ]
then
ls -ld "${aptConfDir}" | awk '{ printf("\t | %s\n", $0 ) ; }'
else
echo "\n MISSING: Unable to locate expected APT configuration directory '${aptConfDir}'. Unable to proceed!\n" ; exit 1
fi
###
### APT service customizations capture/tracking directory
###
aptCustomConf="${aptConfDir}/OasisMaxi/"
if [ ! -d "${aptCustomConf}" ]
then
mkdir "${aptCustomConf}"
chown root:root "${aptCustomConf}"
chmod 755 "${aptCustomConf}"
echo "\n Created directory '${aptCustomConf}' ..."
fi
if [ -s "${aptCustomConf}" ]
then
ls -ld "${aptCustomConf}" | awk '{ printf("\t | %s\n", $0 ) ; }'
else
echo "\n MISSING: Unable to locate/create expected APT configuration directory '${aptCustomConf}'. Unable to proceed!\n" ; exit 1
fi
###
### User input for choice of behaviour - Recommends as Dependencies
###
# Display the YAD dialog and capture the exit code
#--image="" \
#--form \
#--buttons-layout="center" \
yad \
--geometry="600x130" \
--image="dialog-question" \
--title="Handling Recommends as Dependencies" \
--text-align="center" \
--text="\n\nDo you choose to enable 'Recommends'?" \
--button="Enable!gtk-yes:0" \
--button="Disable!gtk-no:1" ; mode=$?
# Check the exit code using a case statement
case ${mode} in
0 | 1 ) ;;
#Dialog closed unexpectedly or by pressing ESC (exit code $mode)
*) mode=1 ;;
esac
###
### Transforming choice into APT behaviour directive
###
if [ ${mode} -eq 1 ]
then
echo "\n Disabling install recommends as dependencies ..."
aptRecommends="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99install-recommends"
echo "APT::Install-Recommends \"false\";" >"${aptRecommends}"
cp -p "${aptRecommends}" "${aptCustomConf}"
else
echo "\n Enabling install recommends as dependencies ..."
aptRecommends="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99install-recommends"
echo "APT::Install-Recommends \"true\";" >"${aptRecommends}"
cp -p "${aptRecommends}" "${aptCustomConf}"
fi
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Provisioning script for
- defining Vendor's repo source for Debian style package handling
NAME: provision_VendorRepoPkg_Deb.sh
#!/bin/sh
###
### Script to create configuration file which identifies
### a vendor-originating Debian-style repository
### from which that vendor's packages will be retrieved.
###
mode=0
tval=0
if [ "$1" = "--test" ]
then
mode=1
shift
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
tval=1
fi
fi
if [ $# -eq 5 ]
then
vendorRepoDebPkgSrc="{1}"
vendorRepoDebPkgURL="{2}"
vendorSuite="{3}"
vendorRepoDebPkgBranch="{4}"
vendorKeyRingShared="{5}"
else
echo "\n ERROR: Parameter count does not match expectations. Unable to proceed.\n" ; exit 1
fi
###
### IMPORTED VARIABLES
###
if [ ${mode} -eq 1 ]
then
echo "\n\t assigning test values to generate sample output ..."
if [ ${tval} -eq 0 ]
then
vendorRepoDebPkgSrc="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mozilla.sources__TEST"
vendorRepoDebPkgURL="https://packages.mozilla.org/apt__TEST"
vendorSuite="mozilla__TEST"
vendorRepoDebPkgBranch="main__TEST"
vendorKeyRingShared="packages.mozilla.org.asc__TEST"
else
vendorRepoDebPkgSrc="{vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}__TEST"
vendorRepoDebPkgURL="{vendorRepoDebPkgURL}__TEST"
vendorSuite="{vendorSuite}__TEST"
vendorRepoDebPkgBranch="{vendorRepoDebPkgBranch}__TEST"
vendorKeyRingShared="{vendorKeyRingShared}__TEST"
fi
echo "\t vendorRepoDebPkgSrc = '${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}' ..."
echo "\t vendorRepoDebPkgURL = '${vendorRepoDebPkgURL}' ..."
echo "\t vendorSuite = '${vendorSuite}' ..."
echo "\t vendorRepoDebPkgBranch = '${vendorRepoDebPkgBranch}' ..."
echo "\t vendorKeyRingShared = '${vendorKeyRingShared}' ..."
fi
########################################################################################
######## PARAMS PARAMS PARAMS PARAMS ########
########################################################################################
###
### Shared Parameters
###
keyRingDir="/etc/apt/keyrings"
###
### Vendor-Specific Shared Parameters
###
keyring="${keyRingDir}/${vendorKeyRingShared}"
###
### Vendor-Specific Package-Specific Parameters
###
# none a this time
########################################################################################
######## FUNCTION FUNCTION FUNCTION FUNCTION ########
########################################################################################
debPkgVendorRepoSrc()
{
echo "\
Types: deb
URIs: ${vendorRepoDebPkgURL}
Suites: ${vendorSuite}
Components: ${vendorRepoDebPkgBranch}
Signed-By: ${keyring}"
}
debPkgVendorRepoShow()
{ echo ""
awk '{ printf("\t | %s\n", $0 ) ; }' <"${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}"
echo ""
ls -l "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" | awk '{ printf("\t | %s\n", $0 ) ; }'
}
########################################################################################
######## APPLY APPLY APPLY APPLY ########
########################################################################################
###
echo "\n Settings defining APT repository for origin of Debian-based package format for applications:"
###
if [ -s "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" ]
then
debPkgVendorRepoShow
echo "\n\t Use as is [y] ... or Reject and Rebuild [N] ? => \c" ; read ans
test -n "${ans}" || { ans="N" ; }
case "${ans}" in
y* | Y* )
echo "\t APT 'source repository specification' was retained ..." ;;
* ) mv "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}.PREV" ;
debPkgVendorRepoSrc >"${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" ;
debPkgVendorRepoShow ;
echo "\n\t REPLACED!"
;;
esac
else
debPkgVendorRepoSrc >"${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" ;
debPkgVendorRepoShow ;
echo "\n\t CREATED!"
fi
if [ ${mode} -eq 1 ]
then
test -s "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}" && rm -iv "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}"
else
test -s "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}.PREV" && rm -iv "${vendorRepoDebPkgSrc}.PREV"
fi
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You might want add this to the list software-properties-gtk as Software&Updates is gone from Ubuntu but will still be in the repos. Most flavors will keep it but...
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