Shell Scripting to be done for verifying the software version and also not to update
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How to do a shell scripting to verify the version of the firefox and stop the auto update option for that firefox and also to shell script the java version.
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why the heck would stop firefox auto update? I suppose you could just download the version you want to use and run it from that location.
I believe on Ubuntu if you install from apt-get with a specified version it will not upgrade (but may security update). you can also force packages versions in synaptic package manager if you have a GUI.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
versions in synaptic package manager if you have a GUI.
I need to have specific version of mozilla and it need not to be updated and also to do shell script to verify the specific version is present and the specific version should not be updated.This is my manager said me to do as a task for one client
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@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
versions in synaptic package manager if you have a GUI.
I need to have specific version of mozilla and it need not to be updated and also to do shell script to verify the specific version is present and the specific version should not be updated.This is my manager said me to do as a task for one client
If you have a GUI, why do you need to do a shell script? Go into the program and check the About part to see the version...
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@handsofqwerty said:
have a GUI, why do you need to do a shell script? Go into the program and check the About part to see the version...
I need to use script only to see the status at Nagios .I should not use GUI for this process
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But because you asked, the command is as follows:
firefox -v -
If you want to get really fancy, you can pipe it to a grep and have it highlight where in the output it shows the version.
firefox -version | grep "Mozilla Firefox"This is the result:
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@Lakshmana said:
@handsofqwerty said:
have a GUI, why do you need to do a shell script? Go into the program and check the About part to see the version...
I need to use script only to see the status at Nagios .
That's not really the right tool for the job.
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@thecreativeone91 version details came but i need to do it in shell scripting by the file in .sh method.I need this mozila not to update and also needs to be verified whether the specified version is present in the ubuntu machine
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@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 version details came but i need to do it in shell scripting by the file in .sh method.I need this mozila not to update and also needs to be verified whether the specified version is present in the ubuntu machine
Well you have the command now. If you want a it to be a shell script, something like this will work...
#!/bin/sh firefox -versionIf you throw a "> /var/log/firefox-version.log" at the end of the command, it'll log it to a file for you too.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
why the heck would stop firefox auto update? I suppose you could just download the version you want to use and run it from that location.
If you read his other threads, he addresses why he needs these things (insane manager trying to screw the company.) It's simply a hard requirement that he has with no technical or business reason. Just how it is.
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@handsofqwerty said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
versions in synaptic package manager if you have a GUI.
I need to have specific version of mozilla and it need not to be updated and also to do shell script to verify the specific version is present and the specific version should not be updated.This is my manager said me to do as a task for one client
If you have a GUI, why do you need to do a shell script? Go into the program and check the About part to see the version...
I assume he wants to check this more than once. A script is way cheaper than a human checking things all of the time.
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Getting the version looks easy. No idea how a script would verify that auto-update is off. There might be a flag for that somewhere. Although if you keep checking the version and it never changes, that would tell you that it is turned off.
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@handsofqwerty I also need to compare the specific version and also stop auto update
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I need to run only the mozilla 31 and java 1.7.0.65 in the ubuntu system and then if the version is higher or lower means the mozilla to be uninstalled and then installation of mozilla 31 to be done automatically and then the mozilla 31 to be runned in the system.How to do ??????
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This is a reasonable logically approach. Basically you are scripting up what something like Chef or Puppet already do.
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Now as you are not installing these things but just copying them into place this will be much harder as you have to figure out exactly how you want this to work. What if other versions are installed? What if other versions are copied? How do you determine if the right version is there? How do you determine if the wrong version is there? What actions to take depending on those things?
This is not nearly as simple as it might sound. There are many, many variables.
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@scottalanmiller I need to run only mozilla version 31 and java 1.7.0_65 in ubuntu version 14.04 64 Bit OS.If the mozilla version is below 31 means or above 31 means there should be process done where the mozilla above or below version mozilla has to be uninstalled by automatically by running the script only.
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller I need to run only mozilla version 31 and java 1.7.0_65 in ubuntu version 14.04 64 Bit OS.If the mozilla version is below 31 means or above 31 means there should be process done where the mozilla above or below version mozilla has to be uninstalled by automatically by running the script only.
I understand that part. But it is much more complicated than that. You are stating something that is not enough to solve the problem.
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For example "I need to only run Firefox Version 31" doesn't tell me enough. What if more versions are installed? What if other versions exist but are not installed? How do you determine the running version?
