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Fix: Handle the messed-up status of packages on Ubuntu derivatives #2507

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17 changes: 9 additions & 8 deletions netsim/install/ubuntu.sh
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Expand Up @@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ $SUDO apt-get upgrade -y $FLAG_APT
# Install missing packages
#
echo "Install missing packages (also a pretty long operation)"
# Add linux-modules-extra for e.g. vrf
# linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) should exist, but it won't if we're running
# on a kernel that has been purged from the package server; in that case the
# user will likely need to reboot.
EXTRA=""
if apt-cache show linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) > /dev/null; then
EXTRA="linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)"
fi
# Added curl, which is not installed by default on Debian - ghostinthenet - 20220417
$SUDO apt-get -y $FLAG_APT install python3 python3-setuptools ifupdown python3-pip curl $EXTRA
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$SUDO apt-get -y $FLAG_APT install python3 python3-setuptools ifupdown python3-pip curl $EXTRA

Perhaps, there is no need in that $EXTRA variable on this line anymore

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Yeah, that one should go out (the next time we're changing this script ;)

echo "Install nice-to-have packages"
Expand All @@ -30,3 +22,12 @@ echo "Install Python development and build modules"
$SUDO apt-get -y $FLAG_APT install build-essential python3-dev libffi-dev libssh-dev
echo "Installing XML libraries"
$SUDO apt-get -y $FLAG_APT install libxslt1-dev libssl-dev
# Add linux-modules-extra for e.g. vrf
# linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) should exist, but it won't if we're running
# on a kernel that has been purged from the package server; in that case the
# user will likely need to reboot.
EXTRA="linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)"
if [ -n "$(apt-cache search $EXTRA)" ]; then
echo "Installing additional Linux kernel modules"
sudo apt-get -y $FLAG_APT install $EXTRA
fi