check if required packages are already installed for linux x86

Author: vimanyu

scripts/gha/build_desktop.py

@@ -55,14 +55,28 @@ def append_line_to_file(path, line):
     with open(path, "a") as file:
       file.write("\n" + line + "\n")
 
+
 def install_x86_support_libraries():
   """Install support libraries needed to build x86 on x86_64 hosts."""
   if utils.is_linux_os():
-    utils.run_command(['apt', 'install', 'gcc-multilib', 'g++-multilib'], as_root=True)
-    utils.run_command(['dpkg', '--add-architecture', 'i386'], as_root=True)
-    utils.run_command(['apt', 'update'], as_root=True)
-    utils.run_command(['apt', 'install', 'libglib2.0-dev:i386'], as_root=True)
-    utils.run_command(['apt', 'install', 'libsecret-1-dev:i386'], as_root=True)
+    packages = ('libglib2.0-dev:i386', 'libsecret-1-dev:i386')
+
+    # First check if these packages exist on the machine already
+    import apt
+    cache = apt.Cache()
+    package_installed = []
+    for package in packages:
+      if package in cache.keys():
+        package_installed.append(cache[package].is_installed)
+      else:
+        package_installed.append(False)
+
+    if not all(package_installed):
+      utils.run_command(['apt', 'install', 'gcc-multilib', 'g++-multilib'], as_root=True)
+      utils.run_command(['dpkg', '--add-architecture', 'i386'], as_root=True)
+      utils.run_command(['apt', 'update'], as_root=True)
+      for package in packages:
+        utils.run_command(['apt', 'install', package], as_root=True)
 
 
 def _install_cpp_dependencies_with_vcpkg(arch, msvc_runtime_library):