cache-apt-pkgs-action/install_and_cache_pkgs.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Fail on any error.
set -e

# Debug mode for diagnosing issues.
# Setup first before other operations.
debug="${2}"
test ${debug} == "true" && set -x

# Include library.
script_dir="$(dirname -- "$(realpath -- "${0}")")"
source "${script_dir}/lib.sh"

# Directory that holds the cached packages.
cache_dir="${1}"

# List of the packages to use.
input_packages="${@:3}"

# Trim commas, excess spaces, and sort.
normalized_packages="$(normalize_package_list "${input_packages}")"

package_count=$(wc -w <<< "${normalized_packages}")
log "Clean installing and caching ${package_count} package(s)."

log_empty_line

manifest_main=""
log "Package list:"
for package in ${normalized_packages}; do
  read package_name package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${package}")
  manifest_main="${manifest_main}${package_name}:${package_ver},"
  log "- ${package_name}:${package_ver}"
done
write_manifest "main" "${manifest_main}" "${cache_dir}/manifest_main.log"

log_empty_line

log "Updating APT package list..."
if [[ -z "$(find -H /var/lib/apt/lists -maxdepth 0 -mmin -5)" ]]; then
  sudo apt-fast update > /dev/null
  log "done"
else
  log "skipped (fresh within at least 5 minutes)"
fi

log_empty_line

# Strictly contains the requested packages.
manifest_main=""
# Contains all packages including dependencies.
manifest_all=""

install_log_filepath="${cache_dir}/install.log"

log "Clean installing ${package_count} packages..."
# Zero interaction while installing or upgrading the system via apt.
sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-fast --yes install ${normalized_packages} > "${install_log_filepath}"
log "done"
log "Installation log written to ${install_log_filepath}"

log_empty_line

installed_packages=$(get_installed_packages "${install_log_filepath}")
log "Installed package list:"
for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
  log "- ${installed_package}"
done

log_empty_line

installed_package_count=$(wc -w <<< "${installed_packages}")
log "Caching ${installed_package_count} installed packages..."
for installed_package in ${installed_packages}; do
  cache_filepath="${cache_dir}/${installed_package}.tar"

  # Sanity test in case APT enumerates duplicates.
  if test ! -f "${cache_filepath}"; then
    read installed_package_name installed_package_ver < <(get_package_name_ver "${installed_package}")
    log "  * Caching ${installed_package_name} to ${cache_filepath}..."

    # Pipe all package files (no folders) and installation control data to Tar.
    { dpkg -L "${installed_package_name}" \
      & get_install_filepath "" "${package_name}" "preinst" \
      & get_install_filepath "" "${package_name}" "postinst"; } |
      while IFS= read -r f; do test -f "${f}" -o -L "${f}" && get_tar_relpath "${f}"; done |
      xargs -I {} echo \"{}\" |
      sudo xargs tar -cf "${cache_filepath}" -C /

    log "    done (compressed size $(du -h "${cache_filepath}" | cut -f1))."
  fi

  # Comma delimited name:ver pairs in the all packages manifest.
  manifest_all="${manifest_all}${installed_package_name}:${installed_package_ver},"
done
log "done (total cache size $(du -h ${cache_dir} | tail -1 | awk '{print $1}'))"

log_empty_line

write_manifest "all" "${manifest_all}" "${cache_dir}/manifest_all.log"