[Makefile] Check Installed Package Version on Ubuntu Linux
Given an installed package name on Ubuntu Linux, find its version in Makefile.
Source code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 | PACKAGE_NAME=python PACKAGE_VERSION=$(strip $(shell apt-cache policy $(PACKAGE_NAME) | grep Installed: | cut -d: -f2)) default: @echo "package name: \033[92m$(PACKAGE_NAME)\033[0m" @echo "package version: \033[92m$(PACKAGE_VERSION)\033[0m" |
Note that strip text function is used to remove spaces of the string.
Output:
package name: python
package version: 2.7.11-2
Tested on Ubuntu Linux 16.10, GNU make 4.1-9.
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