From 2c1528da5004cc4edb83187825e6da7622bc2c1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Carlo-Hickman <patrick.carlohickman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:52:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a function to ensure that a specific package can be
 installed.

---
 setup/common.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/setup/common.sh b/setup/common.sh
index ac19c3b..6e70bcd 100755
--- a/setup/common.sh
+++ b/setup/common.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ function ensure_variable_set {
   fi
 }
 
+function ensure_package_available {
+  if [[ -z "$(apt-cache search --names-only "^${1}")" ]]; then
+    log_error "Package ${1} was not found as an installable package."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
 function is_mysql_installed {
   dpkg -l | egrep "ii\s*mysql-server\S*\s+" > /dev/null