A Few Ubuntu-related Ubiquity Scripts
Awhile back I hacked up a few Ubuntu releated scripts for Ubiquity. No, not the Ubuntu installer. The Firefox add-on. Now that I have one of these fancy blog thing-a-majigs, I figured I’d share them with all of you. Hopefully some one else will find them useful.
To make a long story short, Ubiquity is GNOME-Do for your browser.
I’ve got a number of simple scripts that you can use with it to do Ubuntu related tasks in Firefox:
- AptURL – Install a package using AptURL. If you’re reading a post about a package, just highlight the package name and call Ubiquity. No need to open a terminal or package manager. Usage: apturl [package]
- Debian Package Search – One of the sites I end up using the most in my MOTU work is http://packages.debian.org/ This brings it just a keystroke away. Usage: debian-packages [package]
- Launchpad Ubuntu Package Search – You guessed it. Search Ubuntu packages on LP. Usage: lp-packages [package]
- Launchpad Team and People Search – What do you think it does? Usage: lp-team-and-people [team or person]
- Launchpad Ubuntu Bug Search – Simular to the two above… lp-ubuntu-bug [bug # or description]
- Ubuntu Man Page Search – Read the man page! Usage: ubuntu-man [package]
- Ubuntu Package database searcher- This one searches packages.ubuntu.com It was written by David Futcher (bobbo), and it was what inspired me to make all the others. Usage: ubuntu-packages [package]
- Report Ubuntu Bug – Report a bug in a Ubuntu package on Launchpad. (Although, chances are you should really be using Apport.) Usage: ubuntu-report-bug [package]
You can grab them with:
bzr branch lp:~andrewsomething/+junk/ubiquity-commands
andrewsomething@ubuntu:~$ 
omg, thanks for doing this!
I wrote about more possible scripts: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JorgeCastro/Specs/LaunchpadUbiquity
jcastro
June 10, 2009 at 8:03 pm
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June 10, 2009 at 8:45 pm
In response to this post, I finally blogged about some of the Firefox bookmarks that I use to accomplish most of the same tasks. You can find the post here: http://nhandler.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/a-few-ubuntu-related-bookmarks/
nhandler
June 10, 2009 at 8:47 pm
For the apt-url one, you can do that just using the plain old firefox address bar:
apt:packagename
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