Ask to install missing programs

configure

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 	shift
 done
 
-# TODO check install dialog
+check_has_programs dialog
-echo "Please install dialog on your system to use the configurator"
 
 # Wrap dialog in two functions to prevent it from cluttering stderr.
 function dialog_wrapper() { dialog_out=$(command dialog --colors "$@" 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3 3>&-); }

scripts/functions.sh

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ source "$GENTOO_INSTALL_REPO_DIR/scripts/protection.sh" || exit 1
 ################################################
 # Functions
 
-function check_has_program() {
-	type "$1" &>/dev/null \
-		|| die "Missing program: '$1'"
-}
-
 function sync_time() {
 	einfo "Syncing time"
 	ntpd -g -q \
@@ -58,25 +53,30 @@ function preprocess_config() {
 function prepare_installation_environment() {
 	einfo "Preparing installation environment"
 
-	check_has_program gpg
+	local needed_programs=()
-	check_has_program hwclock
+
-	check_has_program lsblk
+	needed_programs+=(gpg)
-	check_has_program ntpd
+	needed_programs+=(hwclock)
-	check_has_program partprobe
+	needed_programs+=(lsblk)
-	check_has_program python3
+	needed_programs+=(ntpd)
-	check_has_program rhash
+	needed_programs+=(partprobe)
-	check_has_program sgdisk
+	needed_programs+=(python3)
-	check_has_program uuidgen
+	needed_programs+=(rhash)
-	check_has_program wget
+	needed_programs+=(sgdisk)
+	needed_programs+=(uuidgen)
+	needed_programs+=(wget)
 
 	[[ $USED_BTRFS == "true" ]] \
-		&& check_has_program btrfs
+		&& needed_programs+=(btrfs)
 	[[ $USED_ZFS == "true" ]] \
-		&& check_has_program zfs
+		&& needed_programs+=(zfs)
 	[[ $USED_RAID == "true" ]] \
-		&& check_has_program mdadm
+		&& needed_programs+=(mdadm)
 	[[ $USED_LUKS == "true" ]] \
-		&& check_has_program cryptsetup
+		&& needed_programs+=(cryptsetup)
+
+	# Check for existence of required programs
+	check_has_programs "${needed_programs[@]}"
 
 	# Check encryption key if used
 	[[ $USED_ENCRYPTION == "true" ]] \

scripts/utils.sh

@@ -320,3 +320,25 @@ function parse_arguments() {
 		done
 	fi
 }
+
+function check_has_programs() {
+	local failed=()
+	local program
+	for program in "$@"; do
+		type "$1" &>/dev/null \
+			|| failed+=("$program")
+	done
+
+	echo "The following programs are required for the installer to work, but are currently missing on your system:" >&2
+	echo "  ${failed[@]}" >&2
+
+	if type pacman &>/dev/null; then
+		echo "We have detected that pacman is available."
+		if ask "Do you want to install the missing programs automatically?"; then
+			pacman -Sy "${failed[@]}"
+			return
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	die "Aborted installer because of missing required programs."
+}