Have a meta package for each computer model

matthewbauer · 2009-08-29 01:59:57

Would it be possible to have a meta package for each computer model? For instance my laptop would be: system76-pangolin, then it would install iwlwifi-5000-ucode, xf86-input-synaptics, pam_fprint-nightly, bluez. And a few more that I can't think of.

Would anyone not like this?

Last edited by matthewbauer (2009-08-29 02:46:19)

Allan · 2009-08-29 02:25:13

What would you do for models that ship (e.g.) different graphics cards?

matthewbauer · 2009-08-29 02:43:52

Allan wrote:

What would you do for models that ship (e.g.) different graphics cards?

You mean they have an option for different kinds of graphics card?
I guess this would be a problem, I guess you could separate it into 2 different packages: $company-$model-$graphicscard, but maybe the best way would be to just not include xf86-video-$graphicscard as a package.

EDIT: you could probably add:

if [ $(lspci | grep "VGA" | sed "s/[0-9:\.]* VGA compatible controller: \([^ ]*\) .*/\1/") -eq "nVidia" ] depends=('nvidia')

but I was planning on just making pkgbuilds for computers I own, so I'll be sure they work.

Last edited by matthewbauer (2009-08-29 17:50:34)

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#1 2009-08-29 01:59:57

Have a meta package for each computer model

#2 2009-08-29 02:25:13

Re: Have a meta package for each computer model

#3 2009-08-29 02:43:52

Re: Have a meta package for each computer model

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