multi-linux-sephrasto-installer

Bourne shell script to install Sephrasto on popular Linux distributions.

It works on Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux and Void Linux - glibc variant. Doesn't work with musl, see tests.

A separate Python version is installed, which does not interfere with the Python installation of the operating system.

Table of Contents

Download of the Installer

Download the installer.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kgitthoene/multi-linux-sephrasto-installer/master/multi-linux-sephrasto-installer-python-3.9.7.sh

Example

Download, build and install Python 3.9.7 and Sephrasto.

/bin/sh ./multi-linux-sephrasto-installer-python-3.9.7.sh build install

Tests

The tests were carried out on fresh installations.

Linux Distribution	Version	Type	Test Result
Void Linux	x86_64-20230628-xfce glibc	Void	WORKING
Debian	12.2.0-amd64-xfce	Debian	WORKING
Xubuntu	22.04.3-desktop-amd64 LTS	Ubuntu	WORKING
Xubuntu	23.10-desktop-amd64	Ubuntu	WORKING
MX Linux	23.1_x64	Debian	WORKING
Garuda Linux	xfce-linux-lts-231029	Arch	WORKING
Fedora	x86_64-38-1.6	Fedora	WORKING
Manjaro Linux	xfce-23.0.4-231015-linux65	Arch	WORKING
Void Linux	x86_64-musl-20230628-xfce musl1	Void	FAIL

Usage

Usage: multi-linux-sephrasto-installer-python-3.9.7.sh [OPTIONS] COMMAND [...]
Commands:
  build           -- Download, build and prepare all packages needed by Sephrasto.
  install         -- Install .desktop file for Sephrasto.
  clean           -- Remove all installed stuff
  update          -- Update Sephrasto to the newest version.
  uninstall       -- Same as clean.
  run             -- Start Sephrasto.
  start           -- Same as run.
  list            -- Show all known supported distributions.
Options:
  -D DISTRIBUTION-NAME, --distribution DISTRIBUTION-NAME
                  -- Overwrite the OS given distribution name.
  -d, --debug     -- Output debug messages.
  -h, --help      -- Print this text.

build

The build command updates your Linux, installs all needed packages, builds Python 3.9.7 in a separate directory and creates a virtual Python environment to run Sephrasto.

The Python build is placed in ~/.localpython/python-3.9.7.

The Sephrasto venv is placed in ~/.localpython/bin/venv-sephrasto-3.9.7.

The script Sephrasto.sh to run Sephrasto is placed in ~/.localpython/bin.

The .desktop file Sephrasto.desktop is placed in ~/.localpython/bin.

The log file from Sephrasto sephrasto.log can be found in ~/.localpython/bin/venv-sephrasto-3.9.7.

install

Copies the Sephrasto.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.²

run

Start Sephrasto from command line.²

clean

Removes all installed stuff³, including the separately installed Python and Sephrasto.

Footnotes

1. There seems to be no distribution of PySide6 for musl. 😕 ↩

2. This only works if you have previously run the build command. ↩ ↩²

3. But not the installed OS packages. I'am not going to destruct your system! ↩