Zoom on Linux - Automatic installer / updater for Debian based distros [ bash script ]

zoom-updater.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Who knew? Zoom is very probably coded like crap, they are not able to setup
#  a proper APT repository, but at least there is a Linux client...

# The recent versions eat all your CPU if you have don not have a real GPU,
# not like Intel has between 60% and 80% market share! Right? RIGHT?
# https://www.statista.com/statistics/754557/worldwide-gpu-shipments-market-share-by-vendor/

# Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint
# https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-updates-for-Linux
# https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/204206269-Installing-Zoom-on-Linux

current_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)

date

if [[ -s /opt/zoom/version.txt ]]
then
  current_version="$(cat /opt/zoom/version.txt)"
  echo -e "\n### Current Zoom version: ${current_version}"
else
  current_version=""
  echo -e "\n### Fresh install\n"
fi

pushd "${current_dir}" > /dev/null

# Re-retrieve file only if remote newer than local
echo -e '\n### Download debian package\n'

# Yes, it's for real, Zoom has no APT repository (but you see AWS is doing the same with V2 of its CLI)
pkg_name='zoom_amd64.deb'
wget -N "https://zoom.us/client/latest/${pkg_name}"
pkg_version="$(dpkg -I ${pkg_name} | grep 'Version:' | awk '{print $2}')"

# Download URL for a specific version
# specific_version='5.9.1.1380'
# wget -N "https://zoom.us/client/${specific_version}/zoom_amd64.deb"

if [[ "${current_version}" != "${pkg_version}" ]]
then
  echo -e '### Stop Zoom (if running)\n'

  pids="$(pgrep zoom)"

  for pid in ${pids}
  do
    echo "Killing PID ${pid}..."
    # Don't kill yourself
    [[ "${pid}" != "${$}" ]] && kill "${pid}"
  done

  echo -e '\n### Cleanup Zoom crap\n'

  # Leave no crap behind
  rm -frv ~/.cache/*qt* ~/.cache/zoom* ~/.cache/*qml*

  echo -e '\n### Install debian package\n'

  sudo apt install ./${pkg_name}

  echo -e "\n### New Zoom version: $(cat /opt/zoom/version.txt)\n"

  popd > /dev/null

  echo -e '### Start Zoom'

  nohup zoom  >/dev/null 2>&1 &
else
  echo -e '### No new version available\n'
fi