NAME

App::instopt - Download and install software

VERSION

This document describes version 0.016 of App::instopt (from Perl distribution App-instopt), released on 2020-10-08.

SYNOPSIS

See instopt script.

FUNCTIONS

cleanup_download_dir

Usage:

 cleanup_download_dir(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Remove older versions of downloaded software.

This function is not exported.

This function supports dry-run operation.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Special arguments:

• -dry_run => bool

  Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

cleanup_install_dir

Usage:

 cleanup_install_dir(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Remove inactive versions of installed software.

This function is not exported.

This function supports dry-run operation.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Special arguments:

• -dry_run => bool

  Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

compare_versions

Usage:

 compare_versions(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Compare installed vs downloaded vs latest versions of installed software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

download

Usage:

 download(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Download latest version of one or more software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• arch => software::arch

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• softwares_or_patterns* => array[str]

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

download_all

Usage:

 download_all(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Download latest version of all known software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• arch => software::arch

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

is_downloaded_any

Usage:

 is_downloaded_any(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Check if any version of a software is downloaded.

The download does not need to be the latest version. To check if the latest version of a software is downloaded, use is-downloaded-latest.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• quiet => bool

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

is_downloaded_latest

Usage:

 is_downloaded_latest(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Check if latest version of a software has been downloaded.

To only check whether any version of a software has been downloaded, use is-downloaded-any.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• quiet => bool

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

is_installed_any

Usage:

 is_installed_any(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Check if any version of a software is installed.

The installed version does not need to be the latest. To check whether the latest version of a software is installed, use is-installed-latest.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• quiet => bool

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

is_installed_latest

Usage:

 is_installed_latest(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Check if latest version of a software is installed.

To only check whether any version of a software is installed, use is-installed-any.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• quiet => bool

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list

Usage:

 list(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

List software.

Examples:

• List software that are installed but out-of-date:

   list( installed => 1, latest_installed => 0);

  Result:

   [
     500,
     "Function died: Failed to change directory to '/home/u1/software': No such file or directory at lib/App/instopt.pm line 331.\n",
     undef,
     {
       logs => [
         {
           file    => "/home/u1/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.30.0/lib/site_perl/5.30.0/Perinci/Access/Schemeless.pm",
           func    => "Perinci::Access::Schemeless::action_call",
           line    => 494,
           package => "Perinci::Access::Schemeless",
           time    => 1602119125,
           type    => "create",
         },
       ],
     },
   ]

• List software that have been downloaded but out-of-date:

   list( downloaded => 1, latest_downloaded => 0); # -> [200, "OK", [], {}]

• List software that have their latest version downloaded but not installed:

   list( latest_downloaded => 1, latest_installed => 0); # -> [200, "OK", [], {}]

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• detail => true

• download_dir => dirname

• downloaded => bool

  If true, will only list downloaded software.

• install_dir => dirname

• installed => bool

  If true, will only list installed software.

• latest_downloaded => bool

  If true, will only list software which have their latest version downloaded.

  If set to true, a software which is not downloaded, or downloaded but does not have the latest version downloaded, will not be included.

  If set to false, a software which has no downloaded versions, or does not have the latest version downloaded, will be included.

• latest_installed => bool

  If true, will only list software which have their latest version installed.

  If set to true, a software which is not installed, or installed but does not have the latest version installed, will not be included.

  If set to false, a software which is not installed, or does not have the latest version installed, will be included.

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list_downloaded

Usage:

 list_downloaded(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

List all downloaded software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• arch => software::arch

• detail => true

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list_downloaded_versions

Usage:

 list_downloaded_versions(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

List all downloaded versions of a software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• arch => software::arch

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list_installed

Usage:

 list_installed(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

List all installed software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• detail => true

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list_installed_versions

Usage:

 list_installed_versions(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

List all installed versions of a software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• software* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

update

Usage:

 update(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Update a software to the latest version.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download => bool (default: 1)

  Whether to download latest version from URLor just find from download dir.

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

• softwares_or_patterns* => array[str]

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

update_all

Usage:

 update_all(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Update all installed software.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• download => bool (default: 1)

  Whether to download latest version from URLor just find from download dir.

• download_dir => dirname

• install_dir => dirname

• program_dir => dirname

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-instopt.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-instopt.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-instopt

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020, 2019, 2018 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm App::instopt

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::instopt