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ruario / multichrome
Last active August 29, 2015 13:57
Permits install and update of all Chrome channels side by side
#!/bin/bash
# Multichrome Version 0.7.1
# This script will find the latest Unstable, Beta or Stable Google
# Chrome package, download it and repackage it into a generic tar
# format. It allows for multiple versions to be installed side by side.
# I don't use Chrome for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Opera. :P
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ruario / op2slk
Created March 20, 2014 21:06
Converts Opera Linux Generic (cross distro) tar packages into the Slackware package format
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# op2slk Version 0.9.15
#
# This is a script to convert Opera Linux Generic (cross distro) tar
# packages into the Slackware package format.
#
# Use as follows: 'op2slk operapackage'
#
# Recent stable and beta versions of Opera can be downloaded from:
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ruario / extractrpm
Created March 22, 2014 19:34
Extracts rpms to similarly named directories, using only bash, grep, tail, cpio and a decompressor
#!/bin/bash
mkdir -p ${1%.rpm} || exit 1
RPMHDRLGTH=$(LANG=C grep -abom1 '.7zXZ\|]'$'\000\000''....'$'\377\377\377\377\377\377''\|BZh9\|'$'\037\213\b' "$1")
case "$RPMHDRLGTH" in
*7zXZ) COMPRESSOR=xz ;;
*]*) COMPRESSOR=lzma ;;
*BZh9) COMPRESSOR=bzip2 ;;
*) COMPRESSOR=gzip ;;
esac
tail -c+$[${RPMHDRLGTH%:*}+1] "$1" | $COMPRESSOR -d | ( cd ${1%*.rpm} ; cpio --quiet -imd )
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ruario / standalonechrome
Last active August 29, 2015 13:57
This scripts allows you to run Chrome on Linux, with a self contained profile and without a system wide install
#!/bin/bash
# standalonechrome Version 0.2.1
# This script will extract the contents of a Google Chrome rpm package
# into a folder, from which it be can run in a self contained fashion,
# i.e. the profile (settings) will also be saved in the same location.
# I don't use Chrome for regular browsing but it is handy for
# comparative tests against Opera. :P
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ruario / extract-air-files.md
Created June 2, 2014 07:58
How to extract the files from within the Linux Adobe Air Installer

Find the location of the LZMA compressed tar:

LANG=C grep -abom1 ]$'\000\000'....$'\377\377\377\377\377\377' AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
6704:]�������

Add 1 to this value (e.g. 6705).

Extract the contents of this tar:

tail -c+6705 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin | xz -qqd | tar -xf- --xform='s,^./build,Adobe_AIR_Files,'

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ruario / extract-acrobat-files.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:02
How to extract the files from within the Linux Adobe Reader (Acrobat) Installer

When making native Linux packages for Adobe Reader (Acrobat) it is better to use the installer as a source, since it is approximately 13.5 Mb smaller due to use of LZMA compression (the same type of high compression used in 7z and xz files).

The .bin actually has a .tar.lzma archive inside it with the exact same files as the .tar.bz2 that is more commonly used as a source package. The contents of this compressed tar can be extracted using tail, XZ-Utils and tar.

Find the location of the LZMA compressed tar:

$ LANG=C grep -abom1 ]$'\000\000'....$'\377\377\377\377\377\377' AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin
6888:]�������

Add 1 to this value (e.g. 6889).

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ruario / mac-activation-order-tab-cycling.md
Created October 8, 2014 05:49
Start Opera for Mac with activation order tab cycling

Start a terminal and launch Opera via the following command:

open -a /Applications/Opera\ Beta.app --args --with-feature:activation-order-tab-cycling=true

To make that permanent, create a small launcher application. To do this start AppleScript Editor and then choose "File → New (⌘N)" and enter this command:

do shell script "open -a /Applications/Opera\\ Beta.app --args --with-feature:activation-order-tab-cycling=true"

Now "File → Save (⌘S)" as "File format: Application" in a suitable location (/Applications perhaps?). Finally add this launcher application to your Dock and use it to start Opera.

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ruario / opera-developer-standalone.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:12
Extracting Opera from the .deb package to run in place with a self-contained profile.

Running Opera without installing it

Using Opera developer version (28.0.1719.0) as an example:

ar p opera-developer_28.0.1719.0_amd64.deb data.tar.xz | tar -xJf- --strip 4 --exclude opera_sandbox --wildcards './usr/lib/*'
opera-developer/opera-developer --user-data-dir=opera-developer/profile &

For comparison with Opera 12:

tar xf opera-12.16-1860.x86_64.linux.tar.xz

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ruario / flareget-slackware-package.sh
Last active August 29, 2015 14:13
Flareget package for Slackware. I didn't use makepkg, in case Flareget upstream want an easy way to create Slackware compatible packages directly, without requiring local copies of Slackware packaging tools.
#!/bin/sh
# As this is a binary repack, it can be run on any Linux distro.
# I account for the 'quirks' of Slackware packaging.
flareget_version=${flareget_version:-4.1.80}
deb_ver=$(echo ${flareget_version} | sed 's/\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\)\.\([0-9]\+\)/\1-\2/')
ARCH=${ARCH:-$(uname -m)}
case "$ARCH" in
x86_64) deb_arch=amd64 ;;
i?86) deb_arch=i386 ;;
*) echo "$ARCH is unsupported"; exit 1 ;;
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ruario / vivaldi-test.md
Last active August 29, 2015 14:14
Testing the Vivaldi TP on Linux systems

Testing the Vivaldi TP on Linux systems where no package is available

Fetch the rpm package:

wget http://vivaldi.com/download/Vivaldi_TP_1.0.83.38-1.x86_64.rpm

Switch to root (use sudo -s, if your system only uses sudo), then extract its core contents into /opt:

tail -c+83823 Vivaldi_TP_1.0.83.38-1.x86_64.rpm | bzcat | ( cd / ; cpio -imd './opt/vivaldi/*' )

exit # To leave the root environment