Quick question, is there a reason you chose bash over sh ?
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-18, 04:33
by trava90
It should also be noted that extracting Basilisk to a non user-writable location (such as /opt as this script does), will not allow the internal updater to work.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-23, 14:27
by KNTRO
Just installed it on Ubuntu MATE 17.10. Thank you so much!
I hope a GNU/Linux installer like Pale Moon's be available whenever Basilisk leaves Beta stage.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-23, 15:51
by trava90
There will be no official installer tool as it is not needed (see above).
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-23, 16:47
by Isengrim
I only intend to use this script for first-time installation. Will the update mechanism work correctly if the application is installed to /usr/lib?
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-23, 17:35
by Moonchild
Isengrim wrote:I only intend to use this script for first-time installation. Will the update mechanism work correctly if the application is installed to /usr/lib?
The update mechanism will only work if the browser is installed in a location that is writable by your user account. if /usr/lib is writable without elevation (e.g. sudo) by your user account, then it should work. If not, then not.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-25, 03:22
by ianas
with the exception of the Desktop file this is such a bad idea on the other side as far as I can tell this script is not limited to Debian forks it should work on all Linuxes there is nothing Debiany about it
do not use this script do not put Basilisk in a root writable directory
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
You will be asked for your root password.
After that the update started.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-11-29, 05:02
by gracious1
trava90 wrote:It should also be noted that extracting Basilisk to a non user-writable location (such as /opt as this script does), will not allow the internal updater to work.
For those who prefer to update manually, this would be acceptable, and indeed preferable. You would get an error message that an update could not be made because of permissions. This would serve as a notice that an update is available. You could then use the script to download and install the latest tarball, or just perform the commands yourselves.
If you want to use the update mechanism, and you've already used the script as written to install Basilisk, then moving the basilisk directory to a user-writable directory won't help, because root still owns the directory and its contents. So just change ownership, like so:
Substitute your name and group (usually identical to your name on your personal computer).
Peace.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-03, 04:09
by ron_1
Tried the instructions in the original post; they didn't work for me. I got the message "sh: 0: Can't open basilisk.sh". So I then manually copied the basilisk folder into /opt as administrator, followed the instructions for the "basilisk.desktop" file, saved it where instructed, but the start menu entry did not start the browser. So I went to /opt/basilisk, and clicked on the basilisk file, and the browser started, so nothing was wrong there. Any idea why the instructions didn't work for me? I'm on Linux Mint 18.3, Mate, 64 bit.
The main reason why I tried this is because I want a start menu entry. Is there any other way to get that?
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-03, 11:57
by gracious1
helloimustbegoing wrote:Tried the instructions in the original post; they didn't work for me. I got the message "sh: 0: Can't open basilisk.sh".
The script presumes that the script and the tarball are in the same directory. Was this the case when you tried to run it?
helloimustbegoing wrote:
So I then manually copied the basilisk folder into /opt as administrator, followed the instructions for the "basilisk.desktop" file, saved it where instructed, but the start menu entry did not start the browser.
In fact, you should create all the symbolic links in the script. (Those are the lines that begin with
"sudo ln -s").
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-03, 13:56
by ron_1
gracious1 wrote:
The script presumes that the script and the tarball are in the same directory. Was this the case when you tried to run it?
Yes.
gracious1 wrote:
Did you create the crucial symbolic link?
No. Maybe when I get the time I'll try again. Thanks for helping. Still can't figure out why the script didn't work since they (script & tarball) were both in the same directory though.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-03, 14:14
by trava90
helloimustbegoing wrote:The main reason why I tried this is because I want a start menu entry. Is there any other way to get that?
Most Linux distros that I'm aware of come with a GUI menu editor where you can add your own custom entries.
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-03, 14:43
by ron_1
Thanks gracious1, it worked.
trava90 wrote:
Most Linux distros that I'm aware of come with a GUI menu editor where you can add your own custom entries.
I didn't see this till after I did the above. But thanks, now I'll know for next time.
Another question I have, since it has been discussed in this thread, is where is a good place to "install" the basilisk folder? All of the folders in "/" are not writeable, except the /tmp folder. Is it okay to put it there?
Re: Scripts for installing / updating the basilisk browser under Debian / Ubuntu variations
Posted: 2017-12-07, 15:35
by gracious1
helloimustbegoing wrote:Thanks gracious1, it worked.
Hey, you're welcome!
Another question I have, since it has been discussed in this thread, is where is a good place to "install" the basilisk folder?
Generally I put manually installed software in /opt .
It's okay to leave it there; then you can recursively make /opt/basilisk writeable, like so: