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#!/usr/bin/env python

##################################################################
#	apt-o.py 
#	Copyright (c) 2007, Anuj Bhatt <anuj.bhatt@gmail.com>, Srichand Pendyala <srichand.pendyala@gmail.com>
#	Free to use and distribute under the GPLv3 license terms 
##################################################################

import sys,os
import getpass



class AptO:

	aptgetlist = ['update','upgrade','install','remove','build-dep','dist-upgrade','dselect-upgrade','clean','autoclean','check']
	aptcachelist = ['add','gencaches','showpkg','showsrc','stats','dump','dumpavail','unmet','search','show','depends','rdepends','pkgnames','dotty','xvcg','policy']
	
	helpstr="apt-o is a wrapper tweak over apt-get and apt-cache. You don't have to worry about which <verb> (like install, search, update et cetera) belongs to which of the two: apt-get or apt-cache. The syntax simply becomes: $ apt-o <verb> <noun>. Makes lives easy doesn't it?"
		
	command = None
	
	def usage(self):
		print "USAGE: apt-o <verb or 'help' or 'about' > [<noun>]"
		sys.exit(1)
		
	def not_supported(self):
		print "Your option is not supported by the apt package!"
		sys.exit(1)		
	
	def prepare_command(self):
		if (len(sys.argv) == 2):
			if(sys.argv[1]=="help"):
				print self.helpstr
				sys.exit(1)
			elif (sys.argv[1] in self.aptgetlist):
				if getpass.getuser() != "root":
					print "The option you've asked for seems to require priviliges that are beyond those your username. Try with a sudo prefix?"
					sys.exit(1)
				else:
					self.command = "apt-get "+sys.argv[1]
			elif (sys.argv[1] in self.aptcachelist):
				self.command = "apt-cache "+sys.argv[1]
			else:
				self.not_supported()	
		elif (len(sys.argv) > 2):
			if (sys.argv[1] == "source"):
				self.command = "apt-get " + sys.argv[1]
			elif (sys.argv[1] in self.aptgetlist):
				if getpass.getuser() != "root":
					print "The option you've asked for seems to require priviliges that are beyond those your username. Try with a sudo prefix?"
					sys.exit(1)
				else: 	
					self.command = "apt-get"				
					for i in range (1,len(sys.argv)):		
						self.command = self.command+" "+sys.argv[i]
					#os.system(str)
			elif (sys.argv[1] in self.aptcachelist):
				self.command = "apt-cache "+sys.argv[1]+" "+sys.argv[2]
				#os.system(str2)
			else:
				print "Your option is not supported by the apt package!"
		else: 
			self.not_supported()

	def execute_command(self):
		os.system(self.command)
		
	def go_do_what_the_user_wants(self):
		self.prepare_command()
		self.execute_command()
		
if __name__ == "__main__":
	thing = AptO()
	thing.go_do_what_the_user_wants()
	sys.exit(0)