decipering an install script?

Johannes33 · 08-17-2021, 02:36 PM

Hi,
I want to install Xmind 8. All I have is a install script and no istructions how to use it. Also I would like to know what it does before I install it.

comments:
I have openjdk 11 installed. Do I really need to install openjdk-8-jre?
Where is the program installed? I remember before I have had this program and I had problems with it and ended up installing it under my home folder to alleviate the problems. Is there a way to fix so it installs in my home folder this time as well?

script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

set -e

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

echo "[setup] Installing dependencies...."
apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libgtk2.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 lame libc6 libglib2.0-0

FONTS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/fonts"
if [ -d "$FONTS_DIR" ]; then
    echo "[setup] Installing custom fonts...."
    mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind
    rsync -av "$FONTS_DIR/" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind/
    fc-cache -f
else
    echo "[setup] WARNING: Custom fonts for XMind are not found."
fi

echo "[setup] Done."

TB0ne · 08-17-2021, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johannes33

Hi,
I want to install Xmind 8. All I have is a install script and no istructions how to use it.

Did you read the documentation on their website?

Quote:

Also I would like to know what it does before I install it.

comments:
I have openjdk 11 installed. Do I really need to install openjdk-8-jre?
Where is the program installed? I remember before I have had this program and I had problems with it and ended up installing it under my home folder to alleviate the problems. Is there a way to fix so it installs in my home folder this time as well? script:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
set -e

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

echo "[setup] Installing dependencies...."
apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libgtk2.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 lame libc6 libglib2.0-0

FONTS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/fonts"
if [ -d "$FONTS_DIR" ]; then
    echo "[setup] Installing custom fonts...."
    mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind
    rsync -av "$FONTS_DIR/" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind/
    fc-cache -f
else
    echo "[setup] WARNING: Custom fonts for XMind are not found."
fi

echo "[setup] Done."

Confused about this entire question, mainly because the latest Xmind is available as both a snap package, and as a Debian RPM..why load the old version?

And the script you posted can't be much more simple. All it's doing is installing any GTK packages it may need, the older version of JRE (that it NEEDS to run), and loading fonts. The program itself is a binary.

Johannes33 · 08-17-2021, 04:13 PM

Hehehe... they have really succeeded in their marketing.

To my knowledge, and I have been using Xmind since 2013, there is two versions. https://support.xmind.net/hc/en-us/a...d-XMind-8-Pro- (summation from xmind themself)
One is called Xmind 8. It is the one that they were developing for some time perhaps 10-15 years, 8 being the version number of it.
Then perhaps 2019 they started to develop a light version with a lot of bling but less substance that they called xmind zen.
Very sleek. I think they plan on generating more money with it because it is a subscription.
They push it hard. making it available in snap and so on.
It was even hard for me to get xmind 8 to download. I could not find it on their homepage, needed to google it.
So no it is not an old version. I would say, to my knowledge if they have not updated xmind zen (now called xmind 2021) a lot it is like comparing wordpad and word, word being Xmind 8.
I have not found any documentation on their webpage. Before they had a mindmap of how to do it in linux. It had some errors so after a whole day of trying to install it I got it to work the last time.

Yes some of it was straight forward. but I did not want to spend a whole day trying to install it and I do not understand:

Code:

set -e

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

TB0ne · 08-17-2021, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johannes33

Hehehe... they have really succeeded in their marketing.

No, they just have a website.

Quote:

To my knowledge, and I have been using Xmind since 2013, there is two versions. https://support.xmind.net/hc/en-us/a...d-XMind-8-Pro- (summation from xmind themself)
One is called Xmind 8. It is the one that they were developing for some time perhaps 10-15 years, 8 being the version number of it. Then perhaps 2019 they started to develop a light version with a lot of bling but less substance that they called xmind zen. Very sleek. I think they plan on generating more money with it because it is a subscription.

And according to their website, Xmind8 was ALSO a subscription-available. Same software, just updated, still free to use as far as I can see.

Quote:

They push it hard. making it available in snap and so on.

...and with RPM's, versus pre-compiled binaries. Both of which are easier to install.

Quote:

It was even hard for me to get xmind 8 to download. I could not find it on their homepage, needed to google it.

That's hard to believe, since just scrolling down on their webpage clearly has an "Xmind 8 (classic)" link, which has both a free-download and a "Buy now" link.

Quote:

So no it is not an old version. I would say, to my knowledge if they have not updated xmind zen (now called xmind 2021) a lot it is like comparing wordpad and word, word being Xmind 8.

While it's updated, it is NOT their current version.

Quote:

I have not found any documentation on their webpage.

They have an entire support forum, along with FAQ's, user guides, etc. on their site.

Quote:

Before they had a mindmap of how to do it in linux. It had some errors so after a whole day of trying to install it I got it to work the last time. Yes some of it was straight forward. but I did not want to spend a whole day trying to install it and I do not understand:

Code:

set -e

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

After working with Linux for six years, basic shell scripting should be something you've at least looked at. Any bash scripting guide can tell you the 'set -e" stops execution if a command or pipeline has an error. The other two are setting variables.

Again, all that script does is download some packages, and copy fonts. Again, their latest version is in RPM, DEB, and Snap packages...installable with a single command. Can't get much simpler.

boughtonp · 08-17-2021, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johannes33

I have openjdk 11 installed. Do I really need to install openjdk-8-jre?

Speaking generally, software written for a v8 JVM might still run on a v11 JVM, but is not guaranteed because there have been breaking changes (details here).

Nothing wrong with having both 8 and 11 installed.

ondoho · 08-19-2021, 01:48 AM

^ this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johannes33

I did not want to spend a whole day trying to install it and I do not understand:

Code:

set -e

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

Neither do I, so you are very lucky that I encountered this construct before - it makes very sure that SCRIPT_DIR is the directory where the current script resides, and cd's into it.

You know what "$0" stands for, yes?

computersavvy · 08-19-2021, 12:18 PM

Code:

#!/bin/bash
set -e

Sets a break if anything below throws an error

Code:

SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SCRIPT_NAME")" && pwd)"

verifies that the subdirectory exists then changes into it and sets SCRIPT_DIR to be the pwd

Code:

echo "[setup] Installing dependencies...."
apt-get install openjdk-8-jre libgtk2.0-0 libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 lame libc6 libglib2.0-0

installs dependencies

Code:

FONTS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/fonts"
if [ -d "$FONTS_DIR" ]; then
    echo "[setup] Installing custom fonts...."
    mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind
    rsync -av "$FONTS_DIR/" /usr/share/fonts/truetype/xmind/
    fc-cache -f
else
    echo "[setup] WARNING: Custom fonts for XMind are not found."
fi

verifies the fonts subdirectory exists then installs the custom fonts to the path given, or warns the fonts do not exist

Code:

echo "[setup] Done."