Linux dpkg Software Report

[Ray Parrish]

Mark C. Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:20 -0800, Ray Parrish wrote:
>
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I hope I won't get flamed for this, but I have just completed my most
>> ambitious script to date, and have completed the Linux dpkg Software
>> Report script which takes output from dpkg, and formats it into html
>> pages sorted by package section, such as Games, Editors, etc... and also
>> generates an alphabetical index to the packages.
>>
>> All web urls, ftp urls, and emails in the dpkg output have been
>> converted to clickable links, and there are links to each package's
>> installed files lists, and configuration files lists, as well as any
>> index.html files in that package's /usr/share/doc/packagename folders.
>>
>> I've released it as open source, and it is available at -
>>
>> <http://www.rayslinks.com/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.html>
>>
>> There is also a sample output set from the script available for perusal
>> linked on that page.
>>
>> Sorry if you consider this spam, it's not a technical question, but an
>> announcement of something  I think could help some people learn their
>> systems easier.
>>
>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>     
>
> I'm not exactly a newbie, but close.  I've always used synaptic to 
> download applications.  I'm really new to scripts.  I guess I need to 
> know two things:
>
> 1.  What is a good directory to use to extract to?
> 2.  How do I execute a shell script?
>
> I've been looking for something similar to the windows ability to tell 
> you basic information about your system; this sounds like it will more 
> than fill the bill.
>
> tnx for your work on this.
>
> mcm
>   
Hello,

I've repackaged the .gz file so it now includes the folder structure for 
the program as well. You could put it into any folder it will be in by 
itself as it generates many html files, and deletes them at the start of 
each run so you don't want other files in with it.

As far a s starting a script you need to go to Applications, Accesories, 
and start Terminal, then type in the command to start the script in 
Terminal. The command would look like the following -

/home/username/folderpath/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.sh

Where username, and folderpath are changed to reflect the actual path 
you install it to on your system. If you use the new .gz file, and unzip 
the folder along with it, the command would be -

/home/username/SoftwareReport/LinuxdpkgSoftwareReport.sh

with username replaced with your username.

Later, Ray Parrish


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