Package screenlets :: Module install :: Class ScreenletInstaller

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# Class ScreenletInstaller

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A simple utility to install screenlets into the current user's directory (so either into $HOME/.screenlets/ for normal users or, if run as root, into screenlets.INSTALL_PREFIX/share/screenlets/).

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__init__(self) | source code

get_info_from_package_name(self, filename) Return all info we can get from the package-name or return None if something went wrong. | source code

get_result_message(self) Return a human-readable result message about the last operation. | source code

is_installed(self, name) Checks if the given screenlet with the name defined by 'name' (without trailing 'Screenlet') is already installed in the current install target location. | source code

install(self, filename) Install a screenlet from a given archive-file. | source code

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### get_info_from_package_name(self, filename)

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Return all info we can get from the package-name or return None if something went wrong. If nothing failed, the returned value is a 4-tuple of the form: (name, version, basename, extension).

### install(self, filename)

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Install a screenlet from a given archive-file. Extracts the contents of the archive to the user's screenlet dir.