Added /hosts/install?force=true to the api endpoint to force the installation of the agent if there are existing broken packages on the host you want to monito

agents/patchmon_install.sh

@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ if [[ -z "$PATCHMON_URL" ]] || [[ -z "$API_ID" ]] || [[ -z "$API_KEY" ]]; then
     error "Missing required parameters. This script should be called via the PatchMon web interface."
 fi
 
+# Check if --force flag is set (for bypassing broken packages)
+FORCE_INSTALL="${FORCE_INSTALL:-false}"
+if [[ "$*" == *"--force"* ]] || [[ "$FORCE_INSTALL" == "true" ]]; then
+    FORCE_INSTALL="true"
+    warning "⚠️  Force mode enabled - will bypass broken packages"
+fi
+
 # Get unique machine ID for this host
 MACHINE_ID=$(get_machine_id)
 export MACHINE_ID
@@ -149,16 +156,88 @@ echo ""
 info "📦 Installing required dependencies..."
 echo ""
 
+# Function to check if a command exists
+command_exists() {
+    command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Function to install packages with error handling
+install_apt_packages() {
+    local packages=("$@")
+    local missing_packages=()
+    
+    # Check which packages are missing
+    for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
+        if ! command_exists "$pkg"; then
+            missing_packages+=("$pkg")
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    if [ ${#missing_packages[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+        success "All required packages are already installed"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    
+    info "Need to install: ${missing_packages[*]}"
+    
+    # Build apt-get command based on force mode
+    local apt_cmd="apt-get install ${missing_packages[*]} -y"
+    
+    if [[ "$FORCE_INSTALL" == "true" ]]; then
+        info "Using force mode - bypassing broken packages..."
+        apt_cmd="$apt_cmd -o APT::Get::Fix-Broken=false -o DPkg::Options::=\"--force-confold\" -o DPkg::Options::=\"--force-confdef\""
+    fi
+    
+    # Try to install packages
+    if eval "$apt_cmd" 2>&1 | tee /tmp/patchmon_apt_install.log; then
+        success "Packages installed successfully"
+        return 0
+    else
+        warning "Package installation encountered issues, checking if required tools are available..."
+        
+        # Verify critical dependencies are actually available
+        local all_ok=true
+        for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            if ! command_exists "$pkg"; then
+                if [[ "$FORCE_INSTALL" == "true" ]]; then
+                    error "Critical dependency '$pkg' is not available even with --force. Please install manually."
+                else
+                    error "Critical dependency '$pkg' is not available. Try again with --force flag or install manually: apt-get install $pkg"
+                fi
+                all_ok=false
+            fi
+        done
+        
+        if $all_ok; then
+            success "All required tools are available despite installation warnings"
+            return 0
+        else
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 # Detect package manager and install jq and curl
 if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Debian/Ubuntu
     info "Detected apt-get (Debian/Ubuntu)"
     echo ""
+    
+    # Check for broken packages
+    if dpkg -l | grep -q "^iH\|^iF" 2>/dev/null; then
+        if [[ "$FORCE_INSTALL" == "true" ]]; then
+            warning "Detected broken packages on system - force mode will work around them"
+        else
+            warning "⚠️  Broken packages detected on system"
+            warning "If installation fails, retry with: curl -s {URL}/api/v1/hosts/install --force -H ..."
+        fi
+    fi
+    
     info "Updating package lists..."
-    apt-get update
+    apt-get update || true
     echo ""
     info "Installing jq, curl, and bc..."
-    apt-get install jq curl bc -y
+    install_apt_packages jq curl bc
 elif command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # CentOS/RHEL 7
     info "Detected yum (CentOS/RHEL 7)"