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mintinstall: add command line option "show"
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion usr/bin/mintinstall
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Expand Up @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

import subprocess
import os
import sys

# Remove any obsolete configuration file
obsolete_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/autostart/mintinstall-update-flatpak.desktop")
Expand All @@ -11,4 +12,4 @@ if os.path.exists(obsolete_path):
except:
pass

subprocess.call("/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py")
subprocess.call(["/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py"] + sys.argv[1:])
27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py
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Expand Up @@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ def __init__(self):
self.recursion_buster = False

self.install_on_startup_file = None
self.show_on_startup_pkg = None

self.review_cache = None
self.current_pkginfo = None
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -701,6 +702,22 @@ def do_command_line(self, command_line, data=None):
sys.exit(self.export_listing(flatpak_only=False))
elif num > 1 and args[1] == "list-flatpak":
sys.exit(self.export_listing(flatpak_only=True))
elif num == 3 and args[1] == "show":
target_pkg = args[2]
if self.gui_ready:
pkginfo = self.installer.find_pkginfo(target_pkg, installer.PKG_TYPE_APT)
if not pkginfo:
pkginfo = self.installer.find_pkginfo(target_pkg, installer.PKG_TYPE_FLATPAK)
if pkginfo:
self.show_package(pkginfo, self.PAGE_LANDING)
self.main_window.present()
else:
print(f"MintInstall: Package {target_pkg} not found.")
else:
self.show_on_startup_pkg = target_pkg

self.activate()
return 0
elif num == 3 and args[1] == "install":
for try_method in (Gio.File.new_for_path, Gio.File.new_for_uri):
file = try_method(args[2])
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2176,6 +2193,16 @@ def finished_loading_packages(self):
self.gui_ready = True
self.update_conditional_widgets()

if self.show_on_startup_pkg is not None:
pkginfo = self.installer.find_pkginfo(self.show_on_startup_pkg, installer.PKG_TYPE_APT)
if not pkginfo:
pkginfo = self.installer.find_pkginfo(self.show_on_startup_pkg, installer.PKG_TYPE_FLATPAK)
if pkginfo:
self.show_package(pkginfo, self.PAGE_LANDING)
else:
print(f"MintInstall: Package {self.show_on_startup_pkg} not found.")
self.show_on_startup_pkg = None

if self.install_on_startup_file is not None:
self.handle_command_line_install(self.install_on_startup_file)

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