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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#linux build (for raspberry pi raspberrian os)
+
+#will get dependancies, build and install jaero
+#NB will create folders at the same level as the JAERO folder. e.g if you cloned into ~/git/JAERO then you will have the following folders..
+#~/git/JFFT
+#~/git/JAERO
+#~/git/libacars
+#~/git/libcorrect
+#~/git/libaeroambe
+
+#fail on first error
+set -e
+
+#we will need sudo later may as well do a sudo now
+if [[ ! $(sudo echo 0) ]]; then exit; fi
+
+#install dependancies and build tools
+sudo apt-get install qt5-default cpputest build-essential qtmultimedia5-dev cmake libvorbis-dev libogg-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins checkinstall libqcustomplot-dev libqt5svg5-dev libzmq3-dev gettext -y
+
+#get script path
+SCRIPT=$(realpath $0)
+SCRIPTPATH=$(dirname $SCRIPT)
+cd $SCRIPTPATH/..
+
+#checkinstall on my buster raspberrian fails with make: *** [Makefile:332: cmake_check_build_system] Segmentation fault
+#so clone and install a version that works on the pi
+FOLDER="checkinstall"
+URL="https://github.com/giuliomoro/checkinstall"
+if [ ! -d "$FOLDER" ] ; then
+    git clone $URL $FOLDER
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+else
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+    git pull $URL
+fi
+make
+sudo make install
+sudo ldconfig
+cd ..
+
+#libacars
+FOLDER="libacars"
+URL="https://github.com/szpajder/libacars"
+if [ ! -d "$FOLDER" ] ; then
+    git clone $URL $FOLDER
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+else
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+    git pull $URL
+fi
+git checkout v1.3.1
+#needed for github actions
+git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags || true
+git status > /dev/null 2>&1
+PACKAGE_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --match 'v*' --dirty 2> /dev/null | tr -d v)
+echo "PACKAGE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo checkinstall \
+            -D \
+            --pkgsource="https://github.com/szpajder/libacars" \
+            --pkglicense="MIT" \
+            --maintainer="https://github.com/szpajder" \
+            --pkgversion="$PACKAGE_VERSION" \
+            --pkgrelease="1" \
+            --pkgname=libacars-dev \
+            --provides=libacars-dev \
+            --summary="A library for decoding various ACARS message payloads" \
+            --requires="" \
+            -y
+sudo apt install --reinstall ./libacars-dev*.deb -y         
+sudo ldconfig
+cd ../..
+
+#libcorrect
+FOLDER="libcorrect"
+URL="https://github.com/quiet/libcorrect"
+if [ ! -d "$FOLDER" ] ; then
+    git clone $URL $FOLDER
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+else
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+    git pull $URL
+fi
+#needed for github actions
+git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags || true
+git status > /dev/null 2>&1
+PACKAGE_VERSION=1_$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c 1-8)
+echo "PACKAGE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo checkinstall \
+            -D \
+            --pkgsource="https://github.com/quiet/libcorrect" \
+            --pkglicense="BSD-3-Clause License" \
+            --maintainer="https://github.com/quiet" \
+            --pkgversion="$PACKAGE_VERSION" \
+            --pkgrelease="1" \
+            --pkgname=libcorrect-dev \
+            --provides=libcorrect-dev \
+            --summary="C library for Convolutional codes and Reed-Solomon" \
+            --requires="" \
+            -y
+sudo apt install --reinstall ./libcorrect-dev*.deb -y
+sudo ldconfig
+cd ../..
+
+#JFFT
+FOLDER="JFFT"
+URL="https://github.com/jontio/JFFT"
+if [ ! -d "$FOLDER" ] ; then
+    git clone $URL $FOLDER
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+else
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+    git pull $URL
+fi
+cd ..
+
+#libaeroambe
+FOLDER="libaeroambe"
+URL="https://github.com/jontio/libaeroambe"
+if [ ! -d "$FOLDER" ] ; then
+    git clone $URL $FOLDER
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+else
+    cd "$FOLDER"
+    git pull $URL
+fi
+cd mbelib-master
+#needed for github actions
+git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags || true
+git status > /dev/null 2>&1
+PACKAGE_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --match 'v*' --dirty 2> /dev/null | tr -d v)
+PACKAGE_NAME=libaeroambe-dev
+MAINTAINER=nobody
+PACKAGE_SOURCE=https://github.com/jontio/libaeroambe
+echo "PACKAGE_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME
+echo "PACKAGE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION
+echo "MAINTAINER="$MAINTAINER
+echo "PACKAGE_SOURCE="$PACKAGE_SOURCE
+#build the old modified libmbe with mini-m patch
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+#need to turn of -fPIC for static linking
+cmake -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON ..
+make
+#dont install this as it's an old libmbe clone so instread delete the shared objects and just leave the static one to link with
+rm $PWD/*.so*
+cd ../../libaeroambe
+#change install paths as i'm not sure of the QT define that gets the standard local user install path
+sed -i 's/\$\$\[QT_INSTALL_HEADERS\]/\/usr\/local\/include/g' libaeroambe.pro
+sed -i 's/\$\$\[QT_INSTALL_LIBS\]/\/usr\/local\/lib\//g' libaeroambe.pro
+#add path for the static libmbe.a file
+echo 'linux: LIBS += -L$$MBELIB_PATH/build/' >> libaeroambe.pro
+echo "" >> libaeroambe.pro
+#build the shared library and put it into a deb package
+qmake
+make
+make INSTALL_ROOT=$PWD/release/${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1 install
+cd release
+cat <<EOT > control
+Package: ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+Source: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}
+Section: base
+Priority: extra
+Depends: qt5-default (>= 5.11)
+Provides: ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER}
+Version: ${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}
+License: MIT
+Architecture: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
+Description: A formal description of a mini-m decoder library
+EOT
+echo "" >> control
+mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/DEBIAN
+cp control ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/DEBIAN
+dpkg-deb --build ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1
+#install the deb package and go back to the main path
+sudo apt install --reinstall ./${PACKAGE_NAME}*.deb -y
+sudo ldconfig
+cd ../../..
+
+#basestation
+$SCRIPTPATH/ci-create-basestation.sh
+
+#JAERO
+cd $SCRIPTPATH
+#needed for github actions
+git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags || true
+git status > /dev/null 2>&1
+PACKAGE_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --match 'v*' --dirty 2> /dev/null | tr -d v)
+PACKAGE_NAME=jaero
+MAINTAINER=https://github.com/jontio
+PACKAGE_SOURCE=https://github.com/jontio/JAERO
+echo "PACKAGE_NAME="$PACKAGE_NAME
+echo "PACKAGE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION
+echo "MAINTAINER="$MAINTAINER
+echo "PACKAGE_SOURCE="$PACKAGE_SOURCE
+cd JAERO
+#run unit tests
+rm -fr JAERO
+qmake CONFIG+="CI"
+make
+./JAERO -v
+rm JAERO
+#build for release
+qmake CONFIG-="CI"
+make
+make INSTALL_ROOT=$PWD/${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1 install
+JAERO_INSTALL_PATH=$(cat JAERO.pro | sed -n -e 's/^INSTALL_PATH[|( ).]= //p')
+JAERO_INSTALL_PATH=${JAERO_INSTALL_PATH//$'\r'/}
+echo 'JAERO_INSTALL_PATH='${JAERO_INSTALL_PATH}
+#add control
+cat <<EOT > control
+Package: ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+Source: ${PACKAGE_SOURCE}
+Section: base
+Priority: extra
+Depends: qt5-default (>= 5.11), qtmultimedia5-dev, libvorbis-dev, libogg-dev, libqt5multimedia5-plugins, libqcustomplot-dev, libqt5svg5-dev, libzmq3-dev
+Provides: ${PACKAGE_NAME}
+Maintainer: ${MAINTAINER}
+Version: ${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}
+License: MIT
+Architecture: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
+Description: Demodulate and decode Aero signals. These signals contain SatCom ACARS messages as used by planes beyond VHF ACARS range
+EOT
+echo "" >> control
+mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/DEBIAN
+cp control ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/DEBIAN
+#add path command
+mkdir -p ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/usr/local/bin
+cat <<EOT > ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/usr/local/bin/jaero
+#!/bin/bash
+/opt/jaero/JAERO
+EOT
+chmod +x ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/usr/local/bin/jaero
+#basestation if available
+if [ -f "../../basestation/basestation.sqb" ]; then
+   echo "basestation.sqb found. including it in package"
+   cp ../../basestation/basestation.sqb ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1/opt/jaero/
+else
+   echo "basestation.sqb not found. will be missing from package"
+fi
+#build and install package
+dpkg-deb --build ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1
+sudo apt install --reinstall ./${PACKAGE_NAME}*.deb -y
+sudo ldconfig
+cd ../..
+
+#package
+mkdir JAERO/bin
+mkdir JAERO/bin/jaero
+cp JAERO/JAERO/*.deb JAERO/bin/jaero
+cp libacars/build/*.deb JAERO/bin/jaero
+cp libcorrect/build/*.deb JAERO/bin/jaero
+cp libaeroambe/libaeroambe/release/*.deb JAERO/bin/jaero
+cd JAERO/bin
+cat <<EOT > jaero/install.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+#installs built packages
+sudo apt install --reinstall ./*.deb
+sudo ldconfig
+EOT
+chmod +x jaero/install.sh
+cat <<EOT > jaero/uninstall.sh
+#!/bin/bash
+#removes built packages
+sudo dpkg --remove libacars-dev libcorrect-dev libaeroambe-dev jaero 
+sudo ldconfig
+EOT
+chmod +x jaero/uninstall.sh
+cat <<EOT > jaero/readme.md
+# JAERO ${PACKAGE_VERSION}
+
+### OS: $(lsb_release -d | cut -f 2)
+### Build Date: $(date -u)
+
+Cheers,<br>
+ci-linux-build.sh
+EOT
+#compress
+tar -czvf ${PACKAGE_NAME}_${PACKAGE_VERSION%_*}-1_linux_$(uname -m).tar.gz jaero
+echo "done"