'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD

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'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 18-08-2013

Sup guys, just a short thread this evening.

I wanted to share with you a little wrapper I've written for pkg_info & pkg_add that allows the user to search for and install packages in OpenBSD in a seamless and intuitive manner.

pkg_info and pkg_add are great tools on their own, but taped together with a few utils, they function really nicely as a single tool!

So I threw together pkg_search. It queries the package database for the given string, spits out a numbered list of results of package names containing the search string and offers the user the ability to install the desired package by providing the associated number.

It has no dependancies, it's a simple little korn shell script that uses already included tools.

So, feel free to use it, change it, abuse it, do whatever. It's not supposed to be a replacement for anything, or a game-changer, just a useful little tool, I tend to use it whenever installing packages, so figured I'd share.

Feedback is appreciated of course!

Enjoy ;)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - srp - 19-08-2013

I will definitely install this when I get FreeBSD back on my laptop. Great job, also. :)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 19-08-2013

(19-08-2013, 12:18 AM)sticky Wrote: I will definitely install this when I get FreeBSD back on my laptop. Great job, also. :)

Thanks sticky :) Though, I'm not sure how much good this'd do on FreeBSD, it's written for OpenBSD, using OpenBSD specific tools :p

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - yrmt - 19-08-2013

Nice script Phyrne, I Will use it when I install OpenBSD some day.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 19-08-2013

(19-08-2013, 10:52 AM)yrmt Wrote: Nice script Phyrne, i Will use it when I install OpenBSD some day.

Thanks broseph. Yeah do it! Still some improvements to come.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - berk - 19-08-2013

Grand invention. Thanks, hoping to use this on my OpenBSD install :)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 20-08-2013

(19-08-2013, 05:47 PM)theconjuring Wrote: Grand invention. Thanks, hoping to use this on my OpenBSD install :)

Thanks man, it comes in handy :) Enjoy!

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - jobss - 31-08-2013

Looks eggcelent! Kind of reminded of emerge search. Will eventually use this on my DragonFly BSD setup. <(^__^)>

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Mafia - 23-09-2013

Using this now(: thanks phyrne.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 24-09-2013

(23-09-2013, 11:53 PM)Mafia Wrote: Using this now(: thanks phyrne.

No problem! Enjoy Mafia :)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - ajac - 07-10-2013

i like this!

i hope you dont mind but i forked it on github. i added an escape when 0 is entered, because sometimes i wasnt finding anything i wanted to install.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - Phyrne - 05-11-2013

Thanks ajac! Hm, I don't really mind, but do you really think that justifies forking it? Perhaps a pull request or even just a quick suggestion here would have sufficed :)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - zr0 - 21-07-2014

i don't know about scripting but doesn't suppose to ask me for password when i hit the number of the program i want ?

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - yrmt - 22-07-2014

That's because the script is calling pkg_add to install the program to /usr/local which needs permissions.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - greduan - 03-05-2015

Nice. I was looking for something like this. Thanks Phyrne. :)

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - jmbi - 03-05-2015

(03-05-2015, 12:55 PM)greduan Wrote: Nice. I was looking for something like this. Thanks Phyrne. :)

Holy necrobump

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - ThePlantMan - 03-05-2015

I just pull up the /pub/OpenBSD/5.7/packages/`machine -a` directory of my chosen mirror in a browser window and Ctrl+F to see if what I want is in packages. Or pkg_add -n and take a wild guess at the name.

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - greduan - 04-05-2015

jmbi: whoopsie. lol

RE: 'pkg_search': A little wrapper script for searching/installing packages in OpenBSD - bsdkeith - 05-05-2015

If I want to check out what programs are available for OpenBSD, I go to http://ports.su/