Q:
How to check if a package is installed in Perl
I'm trying to add to a web-page the code to check if a package is installed on the system.
So the code looks like this:
My question is, how do I install a package with a function?
A:
The script is_installed will always return undef if not installed because the $#ARGV is always -1.
The solution to this is to test that the index is greater than or equal to zero.
sub is_installed {
my $which = $#ARGV >= 0? $_[0] : undef;
print "do stuff with $which
";
}
I would also suggest to change the name of the function to is_installed as a package name is not a Perl name, it is a (globally) unique identifier. You can however call it is_installed or something else.
Packages are installed by means of Makefiles. In order to do this you have to add something like this to the Makefile:
install:
@if [ -f $@ ] ; then echo "Package $@ already installed"; \n else (cd $@ && make); fi
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