yum-install-packages.sh

#!/bin/sh
#  vim:ts=4:sts=4:sw=4:et
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#  Author: Hari Sekhon
#  Date: 2019-02-15 21:31:10 +0000 (Fri, 15 Feb 2019)
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# Install RPM packages in a forgiving way - useful for install Perl CPAN and Python PyPI modules that may or may not be available
#
# combine with later use of the following scripts to only build packages that aren't available in the Linux distribution:
#
# perl_cpanm_install_if_absent.sh
# python_pip_install_if_absent.sh

set -eu
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x

echo "Installing RPM Packages listed in file(s): $*"

rpm_packages="$(cat "$@" | sed 's/#.*//; /^[[:space:]]*$/d' | sort -u)"

if [ -z "$rpm_packages" ]; then
    exit 0
fi

SUDO=""
# shellcheck disable=SC2039
[ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" != 0 ] && SUDO=sudo

if [ -n "${NO_FAIL:-}" ]; then
    if type dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        # dnf exists if any of the packages aren't found
        for package in $rpm_packages; do
            rpm -q "$package" || $SUDO yum install -y "$package" || :
        done
    else
        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
        $SUDO yum install -y $rpm_packages || :
    fi
else
    # must install separately to check install succeeded because yum install returns 0 when some packages installed and others didn't
    for package in $rpm_packages; do
        rpm -q "$package" || $SUDO yum install -y "$package"
    done
fi