FF Multi Converter: switch to updated fork from l-koehler

closes #2513

also add auto-updater

.github/workflows/updates/FF Multi Converter.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+webVer=$(get_release l-koehler/FF-converter)
+all_url="https://github.com/l-koehler/FF-converter/releases/download/v${webVer}/ffconverter-${webVer}.tar.gz"
+
+source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/update_github_script.sh

apps/FF Multi Converter/credits

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Thanks to Crilum on GitHub for writing the scripts.
-Thanks to ilstad on GitHub and all Contributors for creating FF Multi Converter!
+Thanks to ilstad and l-koehler on GitHub and all Contributors for creating FF Converter!

apps/FF Multi Converter/description

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Simple file conversions for audio, video, images and documents.
 
 It uses FFmpeg for audio/video files, the ImageMagick software suite for image conversions and unoconv for document files.
 
-The goal of FF Multi Converter is to gather the most popular multimedia types in one application and provide conversion options for them easily through a user-friendly graphical interface.
+The goal of FF Converter is to gather the most popular multimedia types in one application and provide conversion options for them easily through a user-friendly graphical interface.
 
-To run: Menu -> Office -> FF Multi Converter
-To run in a terminal: ffmulticonverter
+To run: Menu -> Office -> FF Converter
+To run in a terminal: ffconverter

apps/FF Multi Converter/install

@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cd /tmp
-install_packages python3 python3-pyqt5 python3-distutils ffmpeg imagemagick unoconv || exit 1
-git_clone https://github.com/ilstam/FF-Multi-Converter || exit 1
+version=2.1.4
+
+# remove deprecated files. Old installations used a multitude of install methods so the files could be in many places.
+if [ -f /usr/local/bin/ffmulticonverter ] || [ -f /usr/local/share/applications/ffmulticonverter.desktop ]; then
+	for i in $(find /usr -path "*ffmulticonverter*"); do
+		sudo rm -rf $i
+	done
+fi
 
-cd FF-Multi-Converter || error 'Failed to cd into "FF-Multi-Converter" directory!'
+install_packages python3 python3-pyqt5 python3-distutils ffmpeg imagemagick unoconv || exit 1
+pipx_install --system-site-packages "ffconverter==$version" || exit 1
 
-case $__os_codename in
-mantic|bookworm)
-  errors="$(sudo python3 setup.py install --old-and-unmanageable 2>&1)" || error "Failed to install FF Multi Converter!\nErrors:\n$errors"
-  ;;
-*)
-  errors="$(sudo python3 setup.py install 2>&1)" || error "Failed to install FF Multi Converter!\nErrors:\n$errors"
-  ;;
-esac
-sudo rm -rf FF-Multi-Converter
+# add .desktop symlinks since pipx does not create them https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/717
+sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications /usr/local/share/icons
+sudo ln -sf /usr/local/pipx/venvs/ffconverter/share/applications/ffconverter.desktop /usr/local/share/applications/ffconverter.desktop
+sudo ln -sf /usr/local/pipx/venvs/ffconverter/share/pixmaps/ffconverter.png /usr/local/share/icons/ffconverter.png

apps/FF Multi Converter/uninstall

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-for i in $(find /usr -path "*ffmulticonverter*"); do
-	sudo rm -rf $i
-done
+# remove deprecated files. Old installations used a multitude of install methods so the files could be in many places.
+if [ -f /usr/local/bin/ffmulticonverter ] || [ -f /usr/local/share/applications/ffmulticonverter.desktop ]; then
+	for i in $(find /usr -path "*ffmulticonverter*"); do
+		sudo rm -rf $i
+	done
+fi
 
+pipx_uninstall ffconverter || exit 1
 purge_packages || exit 1
+sudo rm -f /usr/local/share/applications/ffconverter.desktop /usr/local/share/icons/ffconverter.png

apps/FF Multi Converter/website

@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://sites.google.com/site/ffmulticonverter/
+https://github.com/l-koehler/FF-converter