dominic / Install Betterbird

#!/bin/bash # https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/blob/main/install-on-linux/install-betterbird.sh # Betterbird installation script for Linux, adapted from # https://github.com/risaer/betterbird-dirty-update/blob/main/updateBetterbird.sh # Configuration lang="en-US" # Language options: en-US, de, fr, es-ES, ja, it, nl, pt-BR, ru. version="release" # Version options: previous, release, latest, future. Only 'release' is guaranteed to work. tmpDir="$HOME/tmp/betterbird" tmpFile="" # Will be filled by script. tmpLocFile="$tmpDir/download.txt" installDir="/opt" desktopFile="/usr/share/applications/eu.betterbird.Betterbird.desktop" # Do not change this configuration without reading comment in registerMIME(). backupDir="/opt/betterbird_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M)" logFile="/var/log/betterbird/update.log" # Helper function for logging echoLog() { echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" | tee -a "$logFile" } mkdir -p "$(dirname "$logFile")" 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "This script likely needs superuser access since it writes to /var and /opt." echo "Can't create logfile directory $(dirname "$logFile"). Exiting." exit 1 fi touch "$logFile" 2>/dev/null if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "This script likely needs superuser access since it writes to /var and /opt." echo "Can't touch logfile at $logFile. Exiting." exit 1 fi echoLog "Script started." # Functions for installation steps checkIfBetterbirdIsRunning() { if pgrep -f betterbird-bin > /dev/null; then echoLog "Betterbird is running. Please close it first." exit 1 fi } downloadUpdate() { mkdir -p "$tmpDir" wget -q -O "$tmpLocFile" "https://www.betterbird.eu/downloads/getloc.php?os=linux&lang=$lang&version=$version" read -r fileToDownload < "$tmpLocFile" fileToDownload=$(basename "$fileToDownload") # extract major version (3 characters after "betterbird-") major=${fileToDownload:11:3} shaFile="https://www.betterbird.eu/downloads/sha256-${major}.txt" # Name of sha256 file echoLog "Download found: $fileToDownload." tmpFile="$tmpDir/$fileToDownload" # Delete old downloads. find "$tmpDir" -type f ! -name "$fileToDownload" -delete if [ -f "$tmpFile" ]; then echoLog "$tmpFile already present. Exiting." exit 0; fi echoLog "Starting download..." wget -q -O "$tmpFile" "https://www.betterbird.eu/downloads/get.php?os=linux&lang=$lang&version=$version" echoLog "Downloaded archive." } checkHash() { local hash=$(sha256sum "$tmpFile" | awk '{print $1}') wget -q -O "$tmpDir/sha256.txt" "$shaFile" local update=$(grep $hash $tmpDir/sha256.txt | awk '{print $2}') if [ "$update" == "" ]; then echoLog "Hash $hash not found in $shaFile." exit 1 else echoLog "Hash check OK, hash matched ${update:1}." fi rm "$tmpDir/sha256.txt" } backup() { echoLog "Checking if existing Betterbird installation needs to be backed up..." if [ -d "$installDir/betterbird" ]; then echoLog "Creating backup of the current installation..." cp -r "$installDir/betterbird" "$backupDir" if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echoLog "Backup successfully created at $backupDir." else echoLog "Failed to create backup." fi else echoLog "No existing Betterbird installation found to backup." fi } extract() { rm -rf "$installDir/betterbird" tar xf "$tmpFile" -C "$installDir" echoLog "Extracted to $installDir/betterbird." } createDesktopFile() { wget -q -O "$desktopFile" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/main/metadata/eu.betterbird.Betterbird.desktop" sed -i -e 's|Exec=betterbird %u|Exec='"$installDir"'/betterbird/betterbird %u|' "$desktopFile" sed -i -e 's|Icon=eu.betterbird.Betterbird|Icon='"$installDir"'/betterbird/chrome/icons/default/default256.png|' "$desktopFile" echoLog "Desktop file created." } registerMIME() { # This function registers Betterbird as the default application for handling mailto: links. # It uses xdg-mime to set and query the default MIME handler. # Note: If you move the desktop file to a non-standard directory, you may need to update $XDG_DATA_DIRS. # This environment variable tells the desktop environment where to find desktop files. # Example: export XDG_DATA_DIRS="/desktop/file/directory:$XDG_DATA_DIRS" # For more details, see: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ar01s02.html xdg-mime default eu.betterbird.Betterbird.desktop x-scheme-handler/mailto echoLog "MIME handler for x-scheme-handler/mailto registered." # Query the current default application set for handling mailto: links. local mimeHandler=$(xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/mailto) echoLog "Current default MIME handler for mailto: $mimeHandler." } # Main execution checkIfBetterbirdIsRunning downloadUpdate checkHash backup extract createDesktopFile registerMIME echoLog "Install successful: Betterbird installed in $installDir/betterbird." echoLog "Desktop file in $desktopFile."