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Here's a little function that I use pretty often when I want to install a package but I'm not sure what the exact package name is. Give it a keyword and it sear
by campground 4y ago
Here's a little function that I use pretty often when I want to install a package but I'm not sure what the exact package name is. Give it a keyword and it searches apt-cache and dumps the results into fzf.
function finstall {
PACKAGE_NAME=$(apt-cache search $1 | fzf | cut --delimiter=" " --fields=1)
if [ "$PACKAGE_NAME" ]; then
echo "Installing $PACKAGE_NAME"
sudo apt install $PACKAGE_NAME
fi
}
- d12bb 4y agoI have a similar one for Homebrew, with the ability to preview package info and install multiple targets: # ~/.config/fish/functions/fbi.fish function fbi -a query -d 'Install Brew package via FZF' set -f PREVIEW 'HOMEBREW_COLOR=1 brew info {}' set -f PKGS (brew formulae) (brew casks |sed 's|^|homebrew/cask/|') set -f INSTALL_PKGS (echo $PKGS \ |sed 's/ /\n/g' \ |fzf --multi --preview=$PREVIEW --query=$query --nth=-1 --with-nth=-2.. --delimiter=/) if test ! -z "$INSTALL_PKGS" brew install $INSTALL_PKGS else echo "Nothing to install…" end end