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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 | |
ls Postman*.tar.gz > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then | |
echo "Removing old Postman tarballs" | |
rm -f $(ls Postman*.tar.gz) | |
fi | |
curlExists=$(command -v curl) | |
echo "Testing Postman version" | |
targetName="" | |
if [ -z $curlExists ]; then | |
targetName=$(wget -S --spider "https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64" 2>&1 | grep "Content-Disposition" | awk -F '=' '{ print $2 }') | |
else | |
targetName=$(curl -sI "https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64" | grep "content-disposition" | awk -F '=' '{ print $2 }') | |
fi | |
versionMaj=$(echo "$targetName" | awk -F '-' '{ print $4 }' | awk -F '.' '{ print $1 }') | |
versionMin=$(echo "$targetName" | awk -F '-' '{ print $4 }' | awk -F '.' '{ print $2 }') | |
versionRev=$(echo "$targetName" | awk -F '-' '{ print $4 }' | awk -F '.' '{ print $3 }') | |
version="$versionMaj.$versionMin-$versionRev" | |
echo "Most recent Postman version V$version" | |
current=$(dpkg-query --showformat='${Version}' --show postman 2> /dev/null) | |
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
echo "Postman is not installed" | |
else | |
echo "Installed version V$current" | |
if [ "$current" = "$version" ]; then | |
echo "The most recent version of Postman is currently installed" | |
exit | |
else | |
echo "Updating Postman to the latest version" | |
fi | |
fi | |
echo "Downloading latest Postman tarball" | |
if [ -z $curlExists ]; then | |
wget -q --show-progress "https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64" --content-disposition | |
else | |
curl -# "https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64" -O -J | |
fi | |
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
echo "Failed to download Postman tarball" | |
exit | |
fi | |
if [ -d "Postman" ]; then | |
echo "Removing old 'Postman/'" | |
rm -rf "Postman/" | |
fi | |
echo "Extracting Postman tarball" | |
tar -xf $(ls Postman*.tar.gz) | |
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
echo "Failed to extract Postman tarball" | |
exit | |
fi | |
if [ -d "postman_$version" ]; then | |
echo "Removing old 'postman_$version/'" | |
rm -rf "postman_$version/" | |
fi | |
echo "Creating 'postman_$version' folder structure and files" | |
mkdir -m 0755 -p "postman_$version" | |
mkdir -m 0755 -p "postman_$version/usr/share/applications" | |
touch "postman_$version/usr/share/applications/Postman.desktop" | |
mkdir -m 0755 -p "postman_$version/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps" | |
mkdir -m 0755 -p "postman_$version/opt/postman" | |
mkdir -m 0755 -p "postman_$version/DEBIAN" | |
touch "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control" "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
echo "Copying files" | |
cp "Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png" "postman_$version/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/postman.png" | |
cp -R "Postman/"* "postman_$version/opt/postman/" | |
echo "Testing whether to use '-e'" | |
lines=$(echo "\n" | wc -l) | |
e="" | |
if [ $lines -eq 1 ]; then | |
echo "'-e' is required" | |
e="-e" | |
else | |
echo "'-e' is not required" | |
fi | |
echo "Writing files" | |
echo $e "[Desktop Entry]\nType=Application\nName=Postman\nGenericName=Postman API Tester\nIcon=postman\nExec=postman\nPath=/opt/postman\nCategories=Development;" > "postman_$version/opt/postman/Postman.desktop" | |
echo $e "Package: Postman\nVersion: $version\nSection: devel\nPriority: optional\nArchitecture: amd64\nDepends: gconf2, libgtk2.0-0, desktop-file-utils\nOptional: libcanberra-gtk-module\nMaintainer: You\nDescription: Postman\n API something" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control" | |
echo $e "if [ -f \"/usr/bin/postman\" ]; then\n\tsudo rm -f \"/usr/bin/postman\"\nfi\n\nsudo ln -s \"/opt/postman/Postman\" \"/usr/bin/postman\"\n\ndesktop-file-install \"/opt/postman/Postman.desktop\"" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" | |
echo $e "if [ -f \"/usr/bin/postman\" ]; then\n\tsudo rm -f \"/usr/bin/postman\"\nfi" > "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
echo "Setting modes" | |
chmod 0775 "postman_$version/usr/share/applications/Postman.desktop" | |
chmod 0775 "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control" | |
chmod 0775 "postman_$version/DEBIAN/postinst" | |
chmod 0775 "postman_$version/DEBIAN/prerm" | |
echo "Validating modes" | |
nc="" | |
if [ $(stat -c "%a" "postman_$version/DEBIAN/control") != "775" ]; then | |
echo "File modes are invalid, calling 'dpkg-deb' with '--nocheck'" | |
nc="--nocheck" | |
else | |
echo "File modes are valid" | |
fi | |
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 $nc -b "postman_$version" > /dev/null | |
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then | |
echo "Failed to build 'postman_$version.deb'" | |
exit | |
fi | |
echo "Cleaning up" | |
rm -f $(ls Postman*.tar.gz) | |
rm -rf "Postman/" | |
rm -rf "postman_$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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