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Linux update script

Andrew Cantino edited this page Apr 19, 2021 · 2 revisions

@Konfekt contributed the following update script, saves to ~/bin and could be run by a cron job.

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# debug output and exit on error or use of undeclared variable or pipe error:
set -o xtrace -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail

latest_tag="$(curl --location --head https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/releases/latest | grep -i location: | sed 's/^.*\/tag\/\([^\/]*\)\r$/\1/')"
filename="mcfly-${latest_tag}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
uri_to_download="https://github.com/cantino/mcfly/releases/download/${latest_tag}/${filename}"

{
cd "$(mktemp --directory "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/mcfly-update.XXXXXXXXXX")"
    curl --fail --show-error --remote-name --location "$uri_to_download"
    tar xf "$filename"
    chmod a+x mcfly
    cp mcfly "$HOME/bin"
}

if [ ! -x "$HOME/bin/mcfly" ]; then
    echo '"mcfly" was not successfully installed!' >&2
    # DISPLAY=:0 notify-send --urgency=critical "Failed updating mcfly!
      # Run $0 to check."
    exit 2
fi
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