Launchpad helper aims to be a set of utility scripts that consume the launchpad.net Web API in order to perform useful tasks. Launchpad.net is the hostname of the server that manages Ubuntu's package system (Synaptic Package Manager).
Currently there is only one utility script:
- check-all-versions: It allows you to keep track of the versions of a set of packages listed in a file in a specific format that it understands.
You must create a configuration file with the following format:
<package-name> <current.known.version> <ppa:url.of/package>
Example entries:
solaar 0.9.2 ppa:some.author/solaar
albert 0.8.9 ppa:other.author/webupd8
Then you must either export the configuration file path as a variable named CHECK_PACKAGES_CONFIG
or specify it as a parameter for the check-all-versions script.
Example usage:
$ check-all-versions
# optionally pass in the filepath of the configuration file like:
# check-all-versions .configfile
solaar: out-of-date, current:0.9.2, latest:0.9.3, ppa:some.author/solaar
albert: up-to-date, current:0.8.9, latest: 0.8.9-1, ppa:other.author/webupd8
What the script will do is fetch the latest version from launchpad.net using the specified PPA url, compare it against the latest uploaded version and display the results for each entry in the configuraiton file.