winetricks-update.sh

#!/bin/bash
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/755059/how-do-i-get-the-latest-version-of-winetricks-on-ubuntu

URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks"

if [ "$1" == "--user" ]
then
    DESTINATION="$HOME/.local/bin"
    SUDO=""
else
    DESTINATION="/usr/local/bin"
    SUDO="sudo"
fi
CURRENT=$(whereis -b winetricks | cut -f2 -d' ')

if [ "$CURRENT" == "winetricks:" ]
then
    CURRENT="none"
fi

if [ "$CURRENT" == "/usr/bin/winetricks" ]
then
    echo "Winetricks already installed on $CURRENT. To proceed please uninstall it first. Exiting."
    exit 1
fi


LATEST=$(curl --silent --show-error $URL --stderr - | grep ^WINETRICKS_VERSION | cut -d '=' -f 2)

echo
echo "Winetricks installed version: $($CURRENT --version)"
echo "Winetricks latest available version: $LATEST"
echo
read -p "Do you want to proceed? (yes/no) " YN

case $YN in
    yes ) echo ok, we will proceed;;
    no ) echo Exiting.;
        exit;;
    * ) echo Invalid response. Bailing out!;
        exit 2;;
esac

TMPFILE="/tmp/winetricks.$(date +%H%M%S)"

echo "Installing Winetricks on $DESTINATION... "
cd /tmp && \
wget $URL -O $TMPFILE && \
$SUDO mv $TMPFILE $DESTINATION/winetricks && \
$SUDO chmod 755 $DESTINATION/winetricks
[ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "Done!" || echo "Error while trying to install winetricks. Bailing out!"