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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Tips to make scripts install Post 302540096 by msb65 on Tuesday 19th of July 2011 02:15:13 PM
Old 07-19-2011
Tips to make scripts install

Hi,

I have a series of BASH shell scripts that I would like to package and distribute. I would like to make it as easy as possible users to install the package on their system.

The only tasks that need to be performed for installation are 1) unzip the package, 2) modify the user's ~/.bashrc config file, and 3) make the scripts executable.

I have written an install script that will accomplish steps 2 and 3. However, users still have to unzip the package, make the install script executable, and execute the install script. This seems a bit sloppy to me.

Any tips regarding the installation of scripts would be appreciated. Of course I am a fan this process on say OS X, where you download a package, double click on it, and then are led through the installation process. I understand however that I am more limited regarding bash.

My ultimate solution would involve the user issuing just 1 command, which would accomplish steps 1 - 3 above. However, any advice about how to distribute scripts that maintain file permissions (ie. executable) would be welcomed too.

Thanks!

Mike
 

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NAME
dh_installdeb - install files into the DEBIAN directory SYNOPSIS
dh_installdeb [debhelperoptions] DESCRIPTION
dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the correct permissions. FILES
package.postinst package.preinst package.postrm package.prerm These maintainer scripts are installed into the DEBIAN directory. Inside the scripts, the token #DEBHELPER# is replaced with shell script snippets generated by other debhelper commands. package.triggers package.shlibs These control files are installed into the DEBIAN directory. package.conffiles This control file will be installed into the DEBIAN directory. In v3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so there is no need to list them manually here. package.maintscript Lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) commands and parameters. Any shell metacharacters will be escaped, so arbitrary shell code cannot be inserted here. For example, a line such as "mv_conffile /etc/oldconffile /etc/newconffile" will insert maintainer script snippets into all maintainer scripts sufficient to move that conffile. A versioned Pre-Dependency on dpkg is needed to use dpkg-maintscript-helper(1). An appropriate Pre-Dependency is set in ${misc:Pre-Depends} ; you should make sure to put that token into an appropriate place in your debian/control file. SEE ALSO
debhelper(7) This program is a part of debhelper. AUTHOR
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