07-27-2010
Shell Installer GUI
Hey guys,
I just can't seem to find any hints on this topic (or maybe I just don't find the correct search terms to use
).
My company developed an application which requires harsh configuration to run it on a server. So I wrote a LOT of shell scripts which take care of the installation routine. Unfortunately these scripts are not very fail safe and the possibility of letting the user interact with the installation (which in some cases is required) is very limited. So here is my question:
Is there any easy way (a tool) to create a "GUI" for shell based installations? Something like the NVIDIA or ATI graphics card driver installation routine for example. What I basically need is the ability to let the user enter certain configuration parameters (e.g. hostname, ports etc), maybe a yes/no select, a dropdown, progress bar etc.
Something that let's me create installers like this would be awesome:
I wouldn't mind if this only works on certain linux systems (My main target system is openSuSE Linux 11.3).
If there is not tool for that could someone of you point me to a good tutorial on how to write that type of installers in shell?
Thanks in advance for any hints.
Cheers
Patrick
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NAME
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default - the default CPANPLUS shell
SYNOPSIS
### loading the shell:
$ cpanp # run 'cpanp' from the command line
$ perl -MCPANPLUS -eshell # load the shell from the command line
use CPANPLUS::Shell qw[Default]; # load this shell via the API
# always done via CPANPLUS::Shell
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### when in the shell:
### Note that all commands can also take options.
### Look at their underlying CPANPLUS::Backend methods to see
### what options those are.
cpanp> h # show help messages
cpanp> ? # show help messages
cpanp> m Acme # find acme modules, allows regexes
cpanp> a KANE # find modules by kane, allows regexes
cpanp> f Acme::Foo # get a list of all releases of Acme::Foo
cpanp> i Acme::Foo # install Acme::Foo
cpanp> i Acme-Foo-1.3 # install version 1.3 of Acme::Foo
cpanp> i <URI> # install from URI, like ftp://foo.com/X.tgz
cpanp> i <DIR> # install from an absolute or relative directory
cpanp> i 1 3..5 # install search results 1, 3, 4 and 5
cpanp> i * # install all search results
cpanp> a KANE; i *; # find modules by kane, install all results
cpanp> t Acme::Foo # test Acme::Foo, without installing it
cpanp> u Acme::Foo # uninstall Acme::Foo
cpanp> d Acme::Foo # download Acme::Foo
cpanp> z Acme::Foo # download & extract Acme::Foo, then open a
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cpanp> s conf md5 1 # enable md5 checks
cpanp> s program # show program settings
cpanp> s edit # edit config file
cpanp> s reconfigure # go through initial configuration again
cpanp> s selfupdate # update your CPANPLUS install
cpanp> s save # save config to disk
cpanp> s mirrors # show currently selected mirrors
cpanp> ! [PERL CODE] # execute the following perl code
cpanp> b # create an autobundle for this computers
# perl installation
cpanp> x # reload index files (purges cache)
cpanp> x --update_source # reload index files, get fresh source files
cpanp> p [FILE] # print error stack (to a file)
cpanp> v # show the banner
cpanp> w # show last search results again
cpanp> q # quit the shell
cpanp> e # exit the shell and reload
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cpanp> /? PLUGIN # list help test of <PLUGIN>
### common options:
cpanp> i ... --skiptest # skip tests
cpanp> i ... --force # force all operations
cpanp> i ... --verbose # run in verbose mode
DESCRIPTION
This module provides the default user interface to "CPANPLUS". You can start it via the "cpanp" binary, or as detailed in the SYNOPSIS.
BUG REPORTS
Please report bugs or other issues to <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org<gt>.
AUTHOR
This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT
The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c) 2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic, CPANPLUS::Shell, cpanp
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