Pacman/Pacman.conf Scripts

Question

I've been working on these two pieces for a while. For the most part, they're complete to my standards, but obviously they can always looked to be improved upon. I use the first one daily with no real problems (though I could add a little more error handling) and the other one does work for me though I don't need to call upon it too much.
My goal was really to provide an interface for pacman which was fast but still easy to use. I also realized that I can't write any GUI code, nor do I feel like it's nessisary to make something simple. It really only requires bash, a few coreutils, and pacman to be used, so if you're on a lower-end system and don't want to call upon a large GUI front end, this may be something good for you to try out.
Any feedback is appreciated too
Pacman Manager Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Manager
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###Defining Operations###
function install {
echo "Installing package now"
echo
sudo pacman -S $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) is now installed"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function uninstall {
echo "Uninstalling package now"
echo
sudo pacman -R $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) has been removed."
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function sync {
echo "Syncing with servers"
echo
sudo pacman -Sy
echo
echo "Sync complete. Press enter to continue"
read
function update {
echo " Updating your system now"
echo
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
sudo pacman -Scc
echo
echo "Your system has been updated"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function search {
clear
echo "What package would you like to search?"
read PACKAGE
sudo pacman -Ss $PACKAGE
echo "Would you like to search again?"
echo "[Y]es"
echo "[N]o"
read CHOICE
if [[ "$CHOICE" = [Yy] ]]; then
search
elif [[ "$CHOICE" = [Nn] ]]; then
echo "Search Finished. Press Enter to Continue"
read
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Welcome to the Pacman Manager"
echo
echo " What would you like to do?"
echo
###ENDDEFINE###
###MANAGER###
manage
OPTIONS="Install Uninstall Sync Update Search Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Install" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to install?"
read PACKAGE
install
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Uninstall" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to uninstall?"
read PACKAGE
uninstall
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Sync" ]; then
clear
sync
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Update" ]; then
clear
update
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Search" ]; then
clear
search
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
pacman.conf Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Configurator
#Tool to configure and modify pacman and /etc/pacman.conf
#Pretty Stable from my tests, but use with caution
#Backup your /etc/pacman.conf file just in case.
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###DEFINE FUNCTIONS####
function srv_ctl {
clear
echo "Server Control"
echo "Selections:"
echo "[A]dd URL"
echo "[R]emove URL"
echo "[E]nable Resporitories"
echo "[D]isable Resporitories"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep "srv_ctl"
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
echo "[srv_ctl]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/custom" >> /etc/pacman.conf
fi
clear
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Adding"
echo $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL
echo "The server above has been added."
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Custom Server List:"
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Removing"
URLTEST=$(cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL)
if [ "$URL" = "$URLTEST" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep -v $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom1
mv /etc/pacman.d/custom1 /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Address removed. Press enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$URL" != "$URLTEST" ]; then
echo "Error! Address not found. Press Enter to continue"
read
srv_ctl
fi
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "E" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
echo "[$RES]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/$RES" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Enabled. Press Enter to contiue"
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "D" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$RES" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Disabled. Press Enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function pkg_ctl {
clear
echo "What would you like to do?"
echo "[A]dd Package to Ignore List"
echo "[R]emove Package from Ignore List"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Adding"
echo "IgnorePkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "HoldPkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package added. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Removing"
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$PKG" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package removed. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Pacman Configuration"
echo " What would you like to do?"
###END DEFINE####
###MANAGER####
manage
OPTIONS="Server_Control Package_Control Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Server_Control" ]; then
srv_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Package_Control" ]; then
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit 0
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
Sadly my webserver is down as of now, so I can't post these scripts directly from my site, but this should work fine anyway. Enjoy!

Answer 1

Oh no I understand. Hah I figured that'd be the case that somebody created something like this.
Well my main point with these scripts was really just for self-teaching and such. Essentially though, my idea was to make a script which can help somebody who is newer and doesn't quite know all the helpful syntax of pacman or somebody who just doesn't want to be bothered with it have a quick and easy way to do it. Since there are already GUI front ends to do something like this, I figured a scripted version would be nicer for somebody who may need something less resource intense. That's the first script
The second script was just to make it a little less painful to navigate the pacman.conf file without having to go through it and figure out the syntax for everything (if you don't already know it) because I figured it was easier to find just a URL than to know all the syntax of the config file, and this just fills in the voids for you.
I use it for myself daily and it does make it a bit easier when you just want to install a package or update real quickly. Like I said though, I'm not surprised that there's something better implimented already. I figured I'd just toss it out there to see who could enjoy it. I appreciate the questioning though as you're right; I didn't make myself very clear-cut. At any rate, useful or not for people, they're here haha. Like I also said, I wrote these just as a learning experience for coding and other things. So, if somebody can find a use for them, all the better. If not, um, sorry to waste thread space haha.