This is a script that allows to install packages from a folder, filtering to use only which are already installed
#!/bin/bash # END for e in $(ls -F | grep -v [/,*]) do #we'll store in $filename the dpkg package name. filename=$(echo $e | cut -d_ -f1) dpkg -l | grep $filename > /dev/null if [ $? == 0 ] ; then sudo dpkg -i $e else echo $filename "is not installed, ignored" fi done