NickGeek · January 1, 2016 10:09 · Dec 8, 2015 · Dec 26, 2013
diff --git a/ppapt.py b/ppapt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2.7
 #Install packages from most PPA's (via launchpad) on Debian and other Debian based distros.
 
 #Usage:

diff --git a/ppapt.py b/ppapt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#Install packages from most PPA's (via launchpad) on Debian and other Debian based distros.
+
+#Usage:
+#./ppapt ppa:user/package
+
+#NOTE: This is written for Python 2.7.5. Feel free to run it on older/newer versions but don't expect stuff to work
+
+#Imports
+import os, sys, urllib2
+
+def launchpadParser(url, user, package):
+	launchpadHTMLRequest = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+	launchpadHTML = launchpadHTMLRequest.read()
+	launchpadHTMLRequest.close()
+	launchpadHTML = launchpadHTML.split("\n")
+	searchTerms = ['href="+sourcepub/']
+	searchResults = []
+
+	#Search for link to deb file deatail page in HTML
+	for line in launchpadHTML:
+		if any(word in line for word in searchTerms):
+			searchResults.append(line.strip())
+
+	packageDetailsURL = searchResults[0]
+	packageID = packageDetailsURL.split("/")[1]
+	packageDetailsURL = "https://launchpad.net/~"+user+"/+archive/"+package+"/+sourcepub/"+packageID+"/+listing-archive-extra"
+	launchpadHTMLRequest = urllib2.urlopen(packageDetailsURL)
+	launchpadHTML = launchpadHTMLRequest.read()
+	launchpadHTMLRequest.close()
+	launchpadHTML = launchpadHTML.split("\n")
+	searchTerms = ['.deb']
+	searchResults = []
+	for line in launchpadHTML:
+		if any(word in line for word in searchTerms):
+			searchResults.append(line.strip())
+
+	debFileURL = searchResults[0]
+	debFileURL = debFileURL.split('"')[1]
+	return debFileURL
+
+def install(user, package):
+	#Find the package on launchpad
+	launchpadURL = "https://launchpad.net/~"+user+"/+archive/"+package+"/+packages"
+	print("Finding package...")
+	debFileURL = launchpadParser(launchpadURL, user, package)
+
+	#Download the package
+	print("Downloading package...")
+	debFile = urllib2.urlopen(debFileURL)
+	fileSys = open('package.deb', 'wb')
+	fileSys.write(debFile.read())
+	fileSys.close()
+	debFile.close()
+
+	#Install the package
+	print("Installing package...")
+	#If possible use gdebi, but if that isn't installed use dpkg
+	if any([os.path.exists(os.path.join(p,"gdebi")) for p in os.environ["PATH"].split(":")]):
+		os.system('sudo gdebi package.deb')
+	else:
+		os.system('sudo dpkg -i package.deb')
+	os.remove('package.deb')
+
+ppa = sys.argv[1]
+
+#Decode the PPA
+ppa = ppa.split(":")
+ppa = ppa[1]
+user = ppa.split("/")[0]
+package = ppa.split("/")[1]
+
+install(user, package)