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+# ============================================================
+# Authors: Brad Heffernan - Erik Dubois - Cameron Percival
+# ============================================================
+
+import os
+import gi
+import Functions as fn
+from queue import Queue
+from ui.MessageDialog import MessageDialog
+
+from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GdkPixbuf, Pango, GLib
+
+gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
+base_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
+
+
+class PackagesImportDialog(Gtk.Dialog):
+    """create a gui"""
+
+    def __init__(self, package_file, packages_list, logfile):
+        Gtk.Dialog.__init__(self)
+
+        # Create a queue for storing package import messages from pacman
+        self.pkg_import_queue = Queue()
+
+        # Create a queue for storing package install errors
+        self.pkg_err_queue = Queue()
+
+        # Create a queue for storing package install status
+        self.pkg_status_queue = Queue()
+
+        self.package_file = package_file
+        self.packages_list = packages_list
+        self.logfile = logfile
+
+        self.stop_thread = False
+
+        self.set_resizable(True)
+        self.set_border_width(10)
+        self.set_size_request(800, 700)
+        self.set_modal(True)
+
+        headerbar = Gtk.HeaderBar()
+        headerbar.set_title("Import packages")
+        headerbar.set_show_close_button(True)
+
+        self.set_titlebar(headerbar)
+
+        self.set_icon_from_file(os.path.join(base_dir, "images/sofirem.png"))
+
+        hbox_title = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
+        lbl_packages_title = Gtk.Label(xalign=0)
+        lbl_packages_title.set_name("title")
+        lbl_packages_title.set_text("Packages")
+
+        hbox_title.pack_start(lbl_packages_title, False, False, 0)
+
+        hbox_title_install = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
+        label_install_title = Gtk.Label(xalign=0)
+        label_install_title.set_markup("<b> Install Packages</b>")
+
+        hbox_title_install.pack_start(label_install_title, False, False, 0)
+
+        hbox_sep = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
+        hsep = Gtk.Separator(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL)
+        hbox_sep.pack_start(hsep, True, True, 0)
+
+        frame_install = Gtk.Frame(label="")
+        frame_install_label = frame_install.get_label_widget()
+        frame_install_label.set_markup("<b>Install Packages</b>")
+
+        hbox_install = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
+        label_install_desc = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        label_install_desc.set_markup(
+            f""
+            f" <b>WARNING: Proceed with caution this will install packages onto your system!</b>\n"
+            f" <b>Packages from the AUR are not supported </b>\n"
+            f" <b>This also performs a full system upgrade</b>\n\n"
+            f" - A list of packages are sourced from <b>{self.package_file}</b>\n"
+            f" - To ignore a package, add a # in front of the package name\n"
+            f" - Log file: {self.logfile}\n"
+            f" - <b>A reboot is recommended when core Linux packages are installed</b>\n"
+        )
+
+        self.scrolled_window = Gtk.ScrolledWindow()
+
+        self.textview = Gtk.TextView()
+        self.textview.set_name("textview_log")
+        self.textview.set_property("editable", False)
+        self.textview.set_property("monospace", True)
+        self.textview.set_border_width(10)
+        self.textview.set_vexpand(True)
+        self.textview.set_hexpand(True)
+
+        msg_buffer = self.textview.get_buffer()
+        msg_buffer.insert(
+            msg_buffer.get_end_iter(),
+            "\n Click Yes to confirm install of the following packages:\n\n",
+        )
+
+        lbl_title_message = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        lbl_title_message.set_markup(
+            "There are <b>%s</b> packages to install, proceed ?"
+            % len(self.packages_list)
+        )
+        lbl_padding1 = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        lbl_padding1.set_text("")
+
+        lbl_padding2 = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        lbl_padding2.set_text("")
+
+        self.infobar = Gtk.InfoBar()
+
+        content = self.infobar.get_content_area()
+        content.add(lbl_title_message)
+
+        self.infobar.set_revealed(True)
+
+        for package in sorted(self.packages_list):
+            msg_buffer.insert(msg_buffer.get_end_iter(), " - %s\n" % package)
+
+        # move focus away from the textview, to hide the cursor at load
+        headerbar.set_property("can-focus", True)
+        Gtk.Window.grab_focus(headerbar)
+
+        self.scrolled_window.add(self.textview)
+
+        self.button_yes = self.add_button("Yes", Gtk.ResponseType.OK)
+        self.button_yes.set_size_request(100, 30)
+        btn_yes_context = self.button_yes.get_style_context()
+        btn_yes_context.add_class("destructive-action")
+
+        self.button_no = self.add_button("Close", Gtk.ResponseType.CANCEL)
+        self.button_no.set_size_request(100, 30)
+
+        self.connect("response", self.on_response)
+
+        vbox_log_dir = Gtk.Box(orientation=Gtk.Orientation.HORIZONTAL, spacing=10)
+
+        btn_open_log_dir = Gtk.Button(label="Open log directory")
+        btn_open_log_dir.connect("clicked", self.on_open_log_dir_clicked)
+        btn_open_log_dir.set_size_request(100, 30)
+
+        vbox_log_dir.pack_start(btn_open_log_dir, False, False, 0)
+
+        grid_message = Gtk.Grid()
+
+        grid_message.attach(label_install_desc, 0, 0, 1, 1)
+        grid_message.attach(self.infobar, 0, 1, 1, 1)
+        grid_message.attach(lbl_padding1, 0, 2, 1, 1)
+
+        grid_message.attach(self.scrolled_window, 0, 3, 1, 1)
+        grid_message.attach(lbl_padding2, 0, 4, 1, 1)
+        grid_message.attach(vbox_log_dir, 0, 5, 1, 1)
+
+        self.vbox.add(grid_message)
+
+    def on_open_log_dir_clicked(self, widget):
+        fn.open_log_dir()
+
+    def display_progress(self):
+        self.textview.destroy()
+        self.infobar.destroy()
+        self.button_yes.destroy()
+
+        self.label_package_status = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        self.label_package_count = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+
+        label_warning_close = Gtk.Label(xalign=0, yalign=0)
+        label_warning_close.set_markup(
+            "<b>Do not close this window during package installation</b>"
+        )
+
+        self.textview = Gtk.TextView()
+        self.textview.set_name("textview_log")
+        self.textview.set_property("editable", False)
+        self.textview.set_property("monospace", True)
+        self.textview.set_border_width(10)
+        self.textview.set_vexpand(True)
+        self.textview.set_hexpand(True)
+
+        self.scrolled_window.add(self.textview)
+
+        self.msg_buffer = self.textview.get_buffer()
+
+        self.vbox.add(label_warning_close)
+        self.vbox.add(self.label_package_status)
+        self.vbox.add(self.label_package_count)
+
+        fn.Thread(
+            target=fn.monitor_package_import,
+            args=(self,),
+            daemon=True,
+        ).start()
+
+        self.show_all()
+
+        fn.logger.info("Installing packages")
+        event = "%s [INFO]: Installing packages\n" % fn.datetime.now().strftime(
+            "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"
+        )
+
+        fn.logger.info("Log file = %s" % self.logfile)
+
+        self.pkg_import_queue.put(event)
+
+        # debug install, overrride packages_list
+        # self.packages_list = ["cheese", "firefox", "sofirem-dev-git", "sofirem-git"]
+
+        # starts 2 threads one to install the packages, and another to check install status
+
+        fn.Thread(
+            target=fn.import_packages,
+            args=(self,),
+            daemon=True,
+        ).start()
+
+        fn.Thread(target=fn.log_package_status, args=(self,), daemon=True).start()
+
+    def on_response(self, dialog, response):
+        if response in (Gtk.ResponseType.OK, Gtk.ResponseType.YES):
+            self.stop_thread = False
+            self.display_progress()
+
+        else:
+            self.stop_thread = True
+            dialog.hide()
+            dialog.destroy()
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