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A shellscript to create a Postman .deb file, for simple installation on Debian-based Linux distro's. Also creates a .desktop file.
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| versionMaj="1" | |
| versionMin="0" | |
| versionRev="1" | |
| version="$versionMaj.$versionMin-$versionRev" | |
| if [ -f "postman.tar.gz" ]; then | |
| echo "Removing old 'postman.tar.gz'" | |
| rm -f "postman.tar.gz" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Downloading latest 'postman.tar.gz'" | |
| curl -# "https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64" -o "postman.tar.gz" | |
| if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Failed to download 'postman.tar.gz'" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| if [ -d "Postman" ]; then | |
| echo "Removing old 'Postman/'" | |
| rm -rf "Postman/" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Extracting 'postman.tar.gz'" | |
| tar -xf "postman.tar.gz" | |
| if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Failed to extract 'postman.tar.gz'" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| if [ -f "Postman/version" ]; then | |
| versionMaj=$(cat "Postman/version" | awk -F '.' '{ print $1 }' | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g') | |
| versionMin=$(cat "Postman/version" | awk -F '.' '{ print $2 }') | |
| versionRev=$(cat "Postman/version" | awk -F '.' '{ print $3 }') | |
| version="$versionMaj.$versionMin-$versionRev" | |
| echo "Postman V$version" | |
| fi | |
| if [ -d "postman_$version" ]; then | |
| echo "Removing old 'postman_$version/'" | |
| rm -rf "postman_$version/" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Creating 'postman_$version' folder structure and files" | |
| mkdir -p "postman_$version" | |
| mkdir -p "postman_$version/usr/share/applications" | |
| touch "postman_$version/usr/share/applications/Postman.desktop" | |
| mkdir -p "postman_$version/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps" | |
| mkdir -p "postman_$version/opt/postman" | |
| mkdir -p "postman_$version/DEBIAN" | |
| touch "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control" "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
| echo "Copying files" | |
| cp "Postman/resources/app/assets/icon.png" "postman_$version/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/postman.png" | |
| cp -R "Postman/"* "postman_$version/opt/postman/" | |
| echo "Writing files" | |
| echo "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName=Postman\nGenericName=Postman API Tester\nIcon=postman\nExec=postman\nPath=/opt/postman\nCategories=Development;" > "postman_$version/usr/share/applications/Postman.desktop" | |
| echo "Package: Postman\nVersion: $version\nSection: devel\nPriority: optional\nArchitecture: amd64\nDepends: \nMaintainer: You\nDescription: Postman\n API something" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control" | |
| echo "if [ -f \"/usr/bin/postman\" ]; then\n\tsudo rm -f \"/usr/bin/postman\"\nfi\n\nsudo ln -s \"/opt/postman/Postman\" \"/usr/bin/postman\"" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" | |
| echo "if [ -f \"/usr/bin/postman\" ]; then\n\tsudo rm -f \"/usr/bin/postman\"\nfi" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
| echo "Setting modes" | |
| chmod 0775 "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" | |
| chmod 0775 "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
| if [ -f "postman_$version.deb" ]; then | |
| echo "Removing old 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
| rm -f "postman_$version.deb" | |
| fi | |
| echo "Building 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
| dpkg-deb -b "postman_$version" > /dev/null | |
| if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Failed to build 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| echo "Cleaning up" | |
| rm -f "postman.tar.gz" | |
| rm -rf "Postman/" | |
| rm -rf "postman_$version/" | |
| while true; do | |
| read -p "Do you want to install 'postman_$version.deb'[Y/n] " yn | |
| if [ -z $yn ]; then | |
| yn="y" | |
| fi | |
| case $yn in | |
| [Yy]* ) break;; | |
| [Nn]* ) exit;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| echo "Installing" | |
| sudo apt install "./postman_$version.deb" | |
| if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
| echo "Failed to install 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| echo "Removing 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
| rm -f "postman_$version.deb" |
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