Upgrading to Alien's latest KDE 4.7. Could this script work?

disco_slack · 08-21-2011, 09:07 AM

Hi there,

As I am pretty lazy to upgrade KDE in my system, I though this script could work on my 32 bit computer. I am thinking to make a bash script, called kdeU.sh with this content:

Code:

rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/4.7.0 . && cd 4.7.0 &&
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/deps/*.t?z
 && upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/kde/*.t?z && removepkg polkit-kde-1
&& removepkg kdebase-runtime && removepkg kdebase-workspace && removepkg
kdebindings && removepkg kdeedu && removepkg konq-plugins

I would run it after running

Code:

init 3

. Will it work?

Thanks

GreenTuxer · 08-21-2011, 06:34 PM

You don't need to use all those &&. If you write the script in an executable file, you can write each command in it's own line. You can even capture the exit code of the command above and, depending on being 0 or not, continue script or exit with error.

BroX · 08-22-2011, 02:56 AM

I would avoid hard coding the version number. It will not work when it gets updated to 4.7.1 for example.

specialized · 08-22-2011, 09:23 AM

to change the version use something like this:
(use variables)

echo Kde version?
read VERSION
rsync -av rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien-kde/$VERSION/x86_64/ .

and check if the script runs as root
with something like

[ -x /bin/id ] && CMD_ID="/bin/id" || CMD_ID="/usr/bin/id"
if [ "$($CMD_ID -u)" != "0" ]; then
echo "need to be root dude"
exit 1
fi

i hope this helps, works for me
cheers

slackass · 08-22-2011, 10:27 AM

I use this to upgrade kde from my local mirror.
However I'm open to all constructive criticism and guidance.

#!/bin/sh
cd /media/sdb1/RSYNC_STUFF/Alien-KDE/4.7.0/x86_64/deps
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z
cd /media/sdb1/RSYNC_STUFF/Alien-KDE/4.7.0/x86_64/kde
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z
removepkg polkit-kde-1
removepkg kdebase-runtime
removepkg kdebase-workspace
removepkg kdebindings
removepkg kdeedu
removepkg konq-plugins
shutdown -r now

edit:
I run this from init 3

disco_slack · 08-22-2011, 04:36 PM

so guys, can we make a "lazy" way to upgrade to latest KDE packages from Alien Bob? Could some good soul make a script that we can run from init 3?

Thanks in advance

slackass · 08-22-2011, 07:56 PM

#!/bin/sh
slackpkg update
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
mkdir /tmp/kde
rsync -r -a -v --bwlimit=100 --delete --progress --stats --exclude 'source' --exclude 'x86' --exclude 'kdei' rsync://alien.slackbook.org/alien/ktown/4.7.0/ /tmp/kde/
cd /tmp/kde/x86_64/deps/
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z
cd /tmp/kde/x86_64/kde/
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z
removepkg polkit-kde-1
removepkg kdebase-runtime
removepkg kdebase-workspace
removepkg kdebindings
removepkg kdeedu
removepkg konq-plugins
shutdown -r now

Make this script and name it instkde and put it in /tmp
then issue
cd /tmp
chmod +x instkde <---as root

Commands:
ctrl alt f6 (if your using init 4)
login as root
telinit 3
cd /tmp
sh instkde

This worked for me but keep in mind that I’m just learning this stuff and as always I'm open to all constructive criticism and guidance..

Blacklist:
1alien
2alien
5alien
kdebase-runtime
kdebase-runtime
kdebase-workspace
kdebindings
kdeedu
konq-plugins

edit:
I should have mentioned this is for 64 bit.

disco_slack · 08-25-2011, 04:24 AM

@slackass

I modified your script for my X86 system and it worked for me. It would be great to make a slack-current iso with latest KDE from Alien.

slackass · 08-25-2011, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disco_slack

@slackass

I modified your script for my X86 system and it worked for me. It would be great to make a slack-current iso with latest KDE from Alien.

Glad it helped you. But bear in mind that I'm still just a learner so this script could be made better by my betters.