Auto update on Linux #771

ghost · 2024-02-02T18:20:13Z

Preliminary checklist

I have read the README
I have read the FAQs.
I have searched existing issues for my feature request. This is a new issue (NOT a duplicate) and is not related to another issue.
I have searched wont fix issues and this request is not among them
This is a feature request for the Cromite browser; not the website nor F-Droid nor anything else.

Is your feature request related to privacy?

No

Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

No

Describe the solution you would like

Just make it able to auto update itself in any possible way.

Describe alternatives you have considered

A script that I made.
https://github.com/The-Hypervisor/Updating-Scripts/blob/main/scripts/Cromite.md

Manjitsharmahere · 2024-02-09T11:08:38Z

Preliminary checklist

I have read the README

I have read the FAQs.

I have searched existing issues for my feature request. This is a new issue (NOT a duplicate) and is not related to another issue.

I have searched wont fix issues and this request is not among them

This is a feature request for the Cromite browser; not the website nor F-Droid nor anything else.

Is your feature request related to privacy?

No

Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

No

Describe the solution you would like

Just make it able to auto update itself in any possible way.

Describe alternatives you have considered

A script that I made. https://github.com/The-Hypervisor/Updating-Scripts/blob/main/scripts/Cromite.md

ERROR ;

update-cromite
Scripts/Update/Cromite.sh: line 5: jq: command not found
Cromite has an update to version do you want to update it? (y/n)
y
--2024-02-09 16:31:58-- https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/download//chrome-lin64.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 20.207.73.82
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|20.207.73.82|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2024-02-09 16:31:59 ERROR 404: Not Found.

tar: ./chrome-lin64.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
mv: cannot stat 'chrome-lin/*': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 'chrome-lin64.tar.gz': No such file or directory

ghost · 2024-02-10T16:18:23Z

Try installing the jq command.
https://www.programmerhat.com/jq-command-not-found/

Then retry executing this command and tell me what did you get:

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/uazo/cromite/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name'

Btw which Linux distro are you on?

Manjitsharmahere · 2024-02-10T16:22:15Z

I use zorin os

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On Sat, 10 Feb, 2024, 9:48 pm The Hypervisor, ***@***.***> wrote: Try installing the jq command. https://www.programmerhat.com/jq-command-not-found/ Btw which Linux distro are you on? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#771 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGBFBRBDC5TZWMZT6Q42SPTYS6MVVAVCNFSM6AAAAABCXDI5MWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZXGA2TINBYGA> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

Manjitsharmahere · 2024-02-10T16:22:28Z

btw how to update manually On Sat, 10 Feb, 2024, 9:51 pm Manjit Sharma, ***@***.***> wrote:

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I use zorin os On Sat, 10 Feb, 2024, 9:48 pm The Hypervisor, ***@***.***> wrote: > Try installing the jq command. > https://www.programmerhat.com/jq-command-not-found/ > > Btw which Linux distro are you on? > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#771 (comment)>, or > unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGBFBRBDC5TZWMZT6Q42SPTYS6MVVAVCNFSM6AAAAABCXDI5MWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZXGA2TINBYGA> > . > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > ***@***.***> >

ghost · 2024-02-10T16:31:01Z

I use zorin os

It should work once you install jq.

btw how to update manually

Just download the latest Linux build, remove the old one, extract the one you just downloaded and you are good to go, you will not lose your data when you remove the old directory.

Manjitsharmahere · 2024-02-10T16:34:01Z

man i just deleted cromite. YouTube was not working and i have most of the work on youtube 💀

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On Sat, 10 Feb, 2024, 10:01 pm The Hypervisor, ***@***.***> wrote: I use zorin os It should work once you install jq. btw how to update manually Just download the latest Linux build, remove the old one, extract the one you just downloaded and you are good to go, you will not lose your date when you remove the old directory. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#771 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BGBFBRGI5JGYH5YBXWC4VETYS6OFBAVCNFSM6AAAAABCXDI5MWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSMZXGA2TOMJTGE> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

ghost · 2024-02-10T16:41:25Z

man i just deleted cromite. YouTube was not working and i have most of the
work on youtube 💀

If you want also to delete all the data associated with it you should remove .config/chromium

rm -rf .config/chromium

uazo · 2024-02-13T08:53:00Z

@The-Hypervisor thanks, but I would be more inclined to activate an apt repo for cromite, but I don't know how to do it.

YouTube was not working and i have most of the work on youtube

is because of #710
Try again with a more up-to-date version

ghost · 2024-02-23T08:23:06Z

@The-Hypervisor thanks, but I would be more inclined to activate an apt repo for cromite, but I don't know how to do it.

It would be very nice to make it available as a Flatpak in Fluthub so all Linux users can install it from there, because many people (myself included) do not use Debian or Debian based distros, so the apt repo will be a huge limitation for us.

now0clock · 2024-03-04T22:29:08Z

Hello.

I found this fork of Chromium and it has a deb repo FWIW:

https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium

I have added this repo to my Ubuntu 22.04 PC's sources.list.d and it works great, instructions seen here:

https://thorium.rocks/#installation

I agree on making it available as a Flatpak too. Maybe you guys can collaborate with each other on something similar for Cromite. I would contribute to this project, but I am merely a beta tester (with a lot of different web browsers installed on my devices, maybe too many! lol)

Hope this helps the issue..

Thanks
☮️

Jaaannis · 2024-03-06T09:06:44Z

Anyone saved the script from post 1 ?

now0clock · 2024-03-06T22:03:58Z

Anyone saved the script from post 1 ?

404 Not Found

Jaaannis · 2024-03-17T16:29:00Z

here is a very simple one, it just download and move the latest release to your destination (lin64).
Just edit the and rename it from cromite_update.txt to cromite_update.sh (I cannot upload .sh files)
Than do a

bash cromite_update.sh

maybe someone have more time/knowledge to optimize that :-)
cromite_update.txt

NearestWater262 · 2024-03-19T01:04:49Z

@The-Hypervisor thanks, but I would be more inclined to activate an apt repo for cromite, but I don't know how to do it.

It would be very nice to make it available as a Flatpak in Fluthub so all Linux users can install it from there, because many people (myself included) do not use Debian or Debian based distros, so the apt repo will be a huge limitation for us.

I agree! Flatpak would very much increase wide adoption for this browser

Twig6943 · 2024-04-07T18:27:15Z

pls package as flatpak 😭

ghnbr · 2024-04-11T16:46:31Z

i wasnt smart enough when searching therefore I made my own update script until an "official" update method is provided.

#! /bin/bash
# Cromite update script by someone
# Script to leverage the updateurl.txt file to update linux cromite and later run it. It can be fired from a .desktop file
# Usage: cromite_update.sh <folder_to_update> <parameter_to_send_to_cromite_at_run>
#
# Its recommended to create a parent folder for cromite and put in that folder the script, the cromite folder and the user profile folders
# - parentfolder
# -- cromite_update.sh
# -- cromite_folder, typically cromite-lin
# -- User1_profile_folder
# -- User2_profile_folder
# -- ...
#
# Then call the run the script cromite_update.sh cromite_folder --user-data-dir=User1_profile_folder
# 
# <folder_to_update>: is the folder in which cromite resides and the one to be updated. If the folder doesnt exist *it will be created*
# <parameter_to_send_to_cromite_at_run>: Optional. Usually used to set --user-data-dir= or other chromium options. 
# 
# VERSIONING
# 2024-04-11, nbr, v1: Initial version
# 

# This depends on uazo
cromite_updateurl_file="https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/latest/download/updateurl.txt"

# download the updateurl file
update_url=$(wget https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/latest/download/updateurl.txt -q -O -)
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
	notify-send  "wget failed!. Check connectivity and Cromite url"
	exit
fi

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
   # Script's folder
   cromite_local_folder=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )/chrome-lin;
else
   cromite_local_folder=${1%/};
fi
notify-send "Checking updates for cromite in $cromite_local_folder"

#Check for chrome executable in case of empty folder, mkdir will fail but doesnt matter
if [ -f $cromite_local_folder/chrome ]; then
   version_installed=$($cromite_local_folder/chrome --version | grep -o '\<[0-9.]*\>')
else
   mkdir $cromite_local_folder
   version_installed="0"
fi

version_available=$(echo $update_url | grep -oP '(?<=\bversion=)[^;]+')
#download_url=$(grep -oP '(?<=\bdownload=)[^;]+' $update_url)
download_url=$(echo $update_url | grep -oP '(?<=\bdownload=)[^;]+')
# file is for windows, we are looking the linux one. All this to be ready for a linux updateurl.txt
download_url=${download_url/chrome-win.zip/chrome-lin64.tar.gz}

if { echo "$version_available"; echo "$version_installed"; } | sort --version-sort --check=silent; then
  echo "Current version $version_installed equal or greater than available $version_available"
  notify-send "Current cromite version $version_installed equal or greater than available $version_available"
else
  #echo "Current version $version_installed minor than available $version_available, update needed"
  #echo "Getting latest version $version_available from $download_url"
  notify-send "Getting latest version $version_available from $download_url"
  #TODO: get file name from url
  mkdir upd
  wget $download_url  -q --show-progress -O upd/chrome-lin64.tar.gz
  notify-send "Uncompressing downloaded file"
  tar -xf upd/chrome-lin64.tar.gz -C upd
  notify-send "Replacing files in $cromite_local_folder/"
  #if [ -d chrome-lin/locales ]; then mv -f chrome-lin/locales/* $cromite_local_folder/locales/; fi
  mv -f upd/chrome-lin/* $cromite_local_folder/
  
  #Cleanup
  rm -rf upd
 
fi

#Run the updated (or not) cromite using $2 as parameter
(nohup $cromite_local_folder/chrome $2 &)

cromite-update.txt

The idea is to leverage the udpdateurl.txt file same way is done for win version.

Im sharing to see if someone finds it helpful. Feel free to destroy it :P

Im using it from a shortcut in the desktop to update and run.

ddulz · 2024-08-30T10:22:05Z

i wasnt smart enough when searching therefore I made my own update script until an "official" update method is provided.

#! /bin/bash
# Cromite update script by someone
# Script to leverage the updateurl.txt file to update linux cromite and later run it. It can be fired from a .desktop file
# Usage: cromite_update.sh <folder_to_update> <parameter_to_send_to_cromite_at_run>
#
# Its recommended to create a parent folder for cromite and put in that folder the script, the cromite folder and the user profile folders
# - parentfolder
# -- cromite_update.sh
# -- cromite_folder, typically cromite-lin
# -- User1_profile_folder
# -- User2_profile_folder
# -- ...
#
# Then call the run the script cromite_update.sh cromite_folder --user-data-dir=User1_profile_folder
# 
# <folder_to_update>: is the folder in which cromite resides and the one to be updated. If the folder doesnt exist *it will be created*
# <parameter_to_send_to_cromite_at_run>: Optional. Usually used to set --user-data-dir= or other chromium options. 
# 
# VERSIONING
# 2024-04-11, nbr, v1: Initial version
# 

# This depends on uazo
cromite_updateurl_file="https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/latest/download/updateurl.txt"

# download the updateurl file
update_url=$(wget https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases/latest/download/updateurl.txt -q -O -)
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
	notify-send  "wget failed!. Check connectivity and Cromite url"
	exit
fi

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
   # Script's folder
   cromite_local_folder=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )/chrome-lin;
else
   cromite_local_folder=${1%/};
fi
notify-send "Checking updates for cromite in $cromite_local_folder"

#Check for chrome executable in case of empty folder, mkdir will fail but doesnt matter
if [ -f $cromite_local_folder/chrome ]; then
   version_installed=$($cromite_local_folder/chrome --version | grep -o '\<[0-9.]*\>')
else
   mkdir $cromite_local_folder
   version_installed="0"
fi

version_available=$(echo $update_url | grep -oP '(?<=\bversion=)[^;]+')
#download_url=$(grep -oP '(?<=\bdownload=)[^;]+' $update_url)
download_url=$(echo $update_url | grep -oP '(?<=\bdownload=)[^;]+')
# file is for windows, we are looking the linux one. All this to be ready for a linux updateurl.txt
download_url=${download_url/chrome-win.zip/chrome-lin64.tar.gz}

if { echo "$version_available"; echo "$version_installed"; } | sort --version-sort --check=silent; then
  echo "Current version $version_installed equal or greater than available $version_available"
  notify-send "Current cromite version $version_installed equal or greater than available $version_available"
else
  #echo "Current version $version_installed minor than available $version_available, update needed"
  #echo "Getting latest version $version_available from $download_url"
  notify-send "Getting latest version $version_available from $download_url"
  #TODO: get file name from url
  mkdir upd
  wget $download_url  -q --show-progress -O upd/chrome-lin64.tar.gz
  notify-send "Uncompressing downloaded file"
  tar -xf upd/chrome-lin64.tar.gz -C upd
  notify-send "Replacing files in $cromite_local_folder/"
  #if [ -d chrome-lin/locales ]; then mv -f chrome-lin/locales/* $cromite_local_folder/locales/; fi
  mv -f upd/chrome-lin/* $cromite_local_folder/
  
  #Cleanup
  rm -rf upd
 
fi

#Run the updated (or not) cromite using $2 as parameter
(nohup $cromite_local_folder/chrome $2 &)

cromite-update.txt

The idea is to leverage the udpdateurl.txt file same way is done for win version.

Im sharing to see if someone finds it helpful. Feel free to destroy it :P

Im using it from a shortcut in the desktop to update and run.

pretty good script, just maybe delete locales folder anyway, it cause segfault for me. not really sure why.

DIGist · 2024-10-23T07:19:41Z

@The-Hypervisor thanks, but I would be more inclined to activate an apt repo for cromite, but I don't know how to do it.

It would be very nice to make it available as a Flatpak in Fluthub so all Linux users can install it from there, because many people (myself included) do not use Debian or Debian based distros, so the apt repo will be a huge limitation for us.

I agree! Flatpak would very much increase wide adoption for this browser

I second the idea of packaging as flatpak or appimage for wider adoption and may help with some of the update challenges.

uazo · 2024-10-23T07:26:19Z

I second the idea of packaging as flatpak

I do not recommend the use of flatpak with cromite/chromium, see #1053

... appimage

wip in #1579 but I don't know if it is the same appimage as you say.

DIGist · 2024-10-23T08:26:53Z

@uazo Yes, I just checked #1579, it does seem that you are already working on the Appimage solution, so I'm excited. I made a simple script to repackage the tar.gz as an appimage, but the script listed in #1579 is more robust. Thanks for everything!

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Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

Describe the solution you would like

Describe alternatives you have considered

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ghost commented Feb 2, 2024

Preliminary checklist

Is your feature request related to privacy?

Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

Describe the solution you would like

Describe alternatives you have considered

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Preliminary checklist

Is your feature request related to privacy?

Is there a patch available for this feature somewhere?

Describe the solution you would like

Describe alternatives you have considered

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