Virtualization and container applications installer 🖥️

An application that installs certain virtualization applications (Docker/Docker Desktop, VirtManager/QEMU, VirtualBox and Podman/Podman Desktop) on Linux via argument or command line user interface.

💡 Installation

Arch

The initial installation of vcandy can be done by cloning the PKGBUILD and building with makepkg:

pacman -S --needed git
git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git
cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer
makepkg -si

If you want to do all of this at once, we can chain the commands like so:

pacman -S --needed git && git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git && cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer && makepkg -si

Debian or Ubuntu

To install Candy on Debian or Ubuntu, it is sufficient to first clone this repository and make the build_deb_package.sh script executable and run it. It will automatically create and install the debian package:

apt install git
git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git
cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer
chmod +x ./build_deb_package.sh
./build_deb_package.sh

If you want to do all of this at once, we can chain the commands like so:

apt install git && git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git && cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer && chmod +x ./build_deb_package.sh && ./build_deb_package.sh

Fedora

To install Candy on Fedora, it is sufficient to first clone this repository and make the build_rpm_package.sh script executable and run it. It will automatically create and install the rpm package:

dnf install git
git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git
cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer
chmod +x ./build_rpm_package.sh
./build_rpm_package.sh

If you want to do all of this at once, we can chain the commands like so:

dnf install git && git clone https://github.com/Hakanbaban53/Container-and-Virtualization-Installer.git && cd Container-and-Virtualization-Installer && chmod +x ./build_rpm_package.sh && ./build_rpm_package.sh

- 🗑️ If you want to remove the package:

# Arch
pacman -Rsc vcandy

# Debian or Ubuntu
apt remove vcandy

# Fedora
dnf remove vcany

⚙️ Usage

With Arguments

Arguments

Option	Description
-a	You select the action. 'install' or 'remove'. Default is 'install'.
-o	Hide or show terminal output. 'silent' hides the package manager and other outputs. 'noisy' shows the terminal output. Default is 'silent'.
--distribution	Specify the Linux distribution. Default detects your Linux distro. Use this if you want to specify another distro.

// If you install the app on your system;
vcandy -a remove -o noisy <package_name> # This is a remove example.

vcandy -a remove -o noisy VirtualBox-7.0 Qemu_and_VM_Manager # You can use more than one package. Like this.

// If you not install the app on your system;
python3 app.py -a remove -o noisy <package_name> # This is a remove example.

python3 app.py -a remove -o noisy VirtualBox-7.0 Qemu_and_VM_Manager # You can use more than one package. Like this.

And one more thing. Arguments are case-sensitive. You need to give the package names as specified below:

With Command UI

If you install the in your pc you can use in the terminal vcandy or you can use "python app.py". Command UI start with default. Basic terminal UI for installer.

Use Left/Right arrow key select "yes" or "no". Press "Enter" key for confirm..

Use Up/Down arrow key move each other packager. Use "Tab" key Select/Unselect packages. Press Enter key the confirm packages.

📦 Packages

Package Names

• Package names in the packages.py.

🗃 .
├── 📦 My_Apps
│  ├── 🗋 Visual Studio Code
│  └── 🗋 Github Desktop
├── 📦 VirtualBox-7.0
│  ├── 🗋 VirtualBox 7.0
│  └── 🗋 Virtual Box Extensions
├── 📦 Qemu_and_VM_Manager
│  ├── 🗋 QEMU
│  └── 🗋 Virtual Machine Manager
├── 📦 Docker_CLI_and_Docker_Desktop
│  ├── 🗋 Docker CLI
│  └── 🗋 Docker Desktop
└── 📦 Podman_and_Podman_Desktop
   ├── 🗋 Podman CLI
   └── 🗋 Podman Desktop

⁉️ IMPORTANT

• Reboot for the installed Apps to appear in the App menu and work properly!

📂 Folder structure

🗃 .
├── 🖿 assets
│  └── 🖻 preview images
├── 🖿 functions
│  ├── 🗎 __check_repository_connection__.py
│  ├── 🗎 __cli_dependencies_install__.py
│  └── 🗎 __get_os_package_manager__.py
├── 🖿 linux_distros
│  ├── 🗎 __arch__.py
│  ├── 🗎 __debian__.py
│  ├── 🗎 __fedora__.py
│  └── 🗎 __ubuntu__.py
├── 🖿 packages
│  └── 🗎 packages.py
├── 🖿 scripts
│  ├── 🗎 __arguments__.py
│  └── 🗎 __command_GUI__.py
├── 🗎 README.md
└── 🗎 app.py

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