Since the enpkg command doesn’t currently provide a good automatic way to update all your installed packages via command line, here’s a great way to update all the packages already installed in your Enthought Python Distribution (EPD) installation:
$epd_update
Run this command, after you have added this function code to your ~/.bash_profile, or in ~/.bashrc file:
function epd_update ()
{
echo "[ Checking for epd package updates... ]"
#-- display new packages
sudo enpkg --whats-new
#-- save new package list
sudo enpkg --whats-new > /tmp/enpkgnew.txt
#-- save only the first word after the "=====", it will be "no" if there are no new packages to be updated
firstword=$(sed '1,2d' /tmp/enpkgnew.txt | awk 'NR>1{exit};1' | awk '{print $1}')
if [ "$firstword" == "no" ]; then
echo "[ No package updates available, exiting ]"
else
echo "[ Updating... ]"
#-- space delimited list of the new packages
newpacks=$(sed '1,2d' /tmp/enpkgnew.txt | awk '{print $1}' | tr "\n" " ")
#-- update the new packages
sudo enpkg $newpacks
fi
}
It will either exit if there are no new packages, or will systematically install all new ones. Enjoy!
