Release v1.1.0

🚀 Release v1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 adds support for 9 new applications, expanding the script's capabilities to manage 13 packages. It introduces AppImage support, the ability to install multiple programs in a single command, and improves verification and system architecture checking mechanisms.

✨ New Features & Capabilities

• 9 new supported packages:
  • 🎵 Spotify
  • 🎮 Steam (with automatic i386 architecture addition if missing)
  • ☁️ Dropbox
  • 🌐 Google Chrome
  • 🛡️ Proton VPN
  • 🦁 Brave Browser
  • 💻 Visual Studio Code
  • 📷 Darktable (installed as an AppImage system-wide in /opt/darktable)
  • 🐯 Tiger Studio Manager (installed as an AppImage locally for the user in ~/.local/)
• Multiple packages at once: You can now install, update, or remove multiple apps in a single command, e.g.:
  ./Multi_Package_Manager.sh --install discord brave vscode
• Smart package aliases: The script recognizes shortcuts and alternative names (e.g., chrome -> google-chrome, code -> vscode, tiger-studio -> tigertag).
• AppImage format support:
  • Automatic downloading of the latest versions via GitHub API.
  • Automatic downloading and installation of application icons.
  • Generation of .desktop files and refreshing the graphical environment database.
• Enforced x86_64 architecture: The script now explicitly checks and blocks execution on architectures other than x86_64 / amd64.

🔒 Security & Verification

• Proton VPN: The repository configuration package installation now supports SHA256 checksum verification.
• Other new packages (including AppImages): Providers of these applications do not publish official checksums. The script displays an appropriate warning in such cases, and installation relies on trusting the official source.

🔧 Improvements & Refactoring

• Dynamic package name tracking: Introduced state files (*_dpkg_name.txt in /var/lib/...) that remember the exact .deb package name after installation (e.g., for Steam, Dropbox, Chrome). This reduces the risk of the script trying to manage the wrong package in the future.
• New APT/DEB management engine: Created universal helper functions (apt_app_manage, install_deb_file, apt_get_candidate_version), which drastically reduced code duplication for new applications.
• Automatic FUSE library detection: The script automatically checks whether the system requires libfuse2 (older systems) or libfuse2t64 (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04+), which is necessary to run AppImage files.
• TigerTag management: The --update action for Tiger Studio Manager is intentionally blocked by the script because the application has a built-in internal update mechanism (electron-update).
• Expanded translation dictionary (PL/EN): Added dozens of new messages regarding AppImage, FUSE, APT, icons, and new packages.

📦 System Dependencies

• Added requirement / automatic installation of the gpg (gnupg) package – necessary for handling repository keys (Spotify, Brave).
• Added automatic installation of libfuse2 or libfuse2t64 (required for Darktable and TigerTag).

📂 New State Files and Directories

The script now creates and manages additional files in /var/lib/multi_package_manager_config_and_logs/:

• steam_dpkg_name.txt
• dropbox_dpkg_name.txt
• google-chrome_dpkg_name.txt
• proton-vpn_dpkg_name.txt
• vscode_dpkg_name.txt
• darktable_installed_version.txt
• tigertag_installed_version.txt (in ~/.local/share/mpm/)

⚠️ Notes

• The script supports only systems with x86_64 (amd64) architecture.
• Tiger Studio Manager is installed only in the user's home directory (~/.local/...) and does not require root privileges to run, although the script will still ask for sudo for log consistency and other system operations.

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Full list of supported packages in v1.1.0:
discord | proton-authenticator | proton-pass | yubico | spotify | steam | dropbox | google-chrome | proton-vpn | brave | vscode | darktable | tigertag

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