This is the Extension and Companion Installer for Alby.
- Download the latest release from the release page
- Set the execution permission with
chmod +x ./AlbyInstaller-x86_64-linux - Launch
AlbyInstaller-x86_64-linuxand click enable
- NodeJS >= v16.15.0
- NPM >= 8.5.5
- Qt5
- curl
npm i # Download node modules
npm run build # Build the app
npm run debug # Debug the app
./build.sh # Build distributable AppImage in deploy/appimage/The installer can be configured by setting the following environment variables
| VARIABLE | DESCRIPTION | VALID VALUES | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARK_MODE | Enable/Disable dark mode | 0 = light mode; 1 = dark mode | Light or, when possible, guessed from system configuration |
| ALBY_COMPANION_REPO | Github repository of the alby companion | owner/repo | getAlby/alby-companion-rs |
| ALBY_COMPANION_VERSION | Version metadata | see Version Metadata | latest from github |
| ALBY_COMPANION_VERSION_FILE | Same as ALBY_COMPANION_VERSION but loaded from a file | see Version Metadata | latest from github |
| ALBY_COMPANION_FILE | Local path of the archive with the compation | Path to a tar.gz file | downloaded using the provided metadata in ALBY_COMPANION_VERSION or ALBY_COMPANION_VERSION_FILE |
The version metadata is a json file structured as follow
{
"name":"v1.0.0", // version name
"assets":[{
"name":"something-something-OS_ARCH.tar.gz",
"browser_download_url": "https://download.url/XXXXX", // tar.gz archive
"size": 100000 // in bytes
}]
}The installer expects to find a text file at ${browser_download_url}.sha256sum containing the sha256 checksum of the archive. Both browser_download_url and its checksum are ignored when ALBY_COMPANION_FILE is used.