acpi-install.py

"""
%%% acpi-install.py %%%
This file is used to check whether the system has acpi package or not. If it 
does not find the package, it will install.
"""

########################## Header Files ########################################
import os
from sys import platform as _platform
import platform
import urllib2
################################################################################

def check_connectivity():
	"""This function checks the connectivity to internet"""
	try:
		urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com',timeout=2)
		return True
	except urllib.request.URLError:
		print("No internet connection available. Please get one to move further")
		return False
        
def install_acpi():
	"""We find the distribuion of the system and then run command to install 
	acpi if it is not installed"""
	check_connectivity()
	linux_distro = platform.linux_distribution()[0]

	try:
		__import__('acpi')
	except ImportError:
		if _platform == "linux" or _platform == "linux2":
			if linux_distro=='Ubuntu':
				os.system("sudo apt-get install acpi -y")
				os.system("sudo apt-get install python-pip -y")
				os.system("sudo pip install acpi")
			elif linux_distro=='RedHat':
				os.system("sudo yum -y install acpi")
				os.system("sudo yum -y install python-pip")
				os.system("sudo pip install acpi")
		# linux
		elif _platform == "darwin":
			pass
			#here we need a command to install acpi on darwin
			# OS X
		elif _platform == "win32":
			#here we need a command to install acpi on window's DOS	
			pass
			
		print "Ahaa..!! acpi application+module are installed successfully"
	
install_acpi();