blitztext-app-linux/linux/install.sh
mARTin-B78 b8fde76d7e install: fix glob-in-redirect for .pth file; resolve site-packages via Python
Globs don't expand in redirect targets. Use the venv Python to resolve the
exact site-packages path instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-08 20:55:32 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Install Blitztext for Linux (no root needed).
#
# Creates a self-contained venv at ~/.local/lib/blitztext (outside any CIFS
# share, using --copies so no symlinks are needed), copies the package into it,
# and writes a launcher to ~/.local/bin/blitztext. The source folder can be
# deleted after this script finishes.
set -euo pipefail
cd "$(dirname "$0")"
APPDIR="$HOME/.local/lib/blitztext"
VENV="$APPDIR/venv"
BIN="$HOME/.local/bin/blitztext"
echo "==> Checking host tools"
need_pkg=()
# python3-gi (PyGObject) must come from apt — it can't be pip-installed.
python3 -c "import gi" 2>/dev/null || need_pkg+=(python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1)
command -v xdotool >/dev/null || need_pkg+=(xdotool)
command -v notify-send >/dev/null || need_pkg+=(libnotify-bin)
if ! command -v pw-record >/dev/null && ! command -v arecord >/dev/null && ! command -v parecord >/dev/null; then
need_pkg+=(pipewire-bin)
fi
if (( ${#need_pkg[@]} )); then
echo " Missing system packages — installing now (requires sudo):"
echo " sudo apt install ${need_pkg[*]}"
sudo apt-get install -y "${need_pkg[@]}"
fi
echo "==> Creating venv at $VENV"
mkdir -p "$APPDIR"
# --copies avoids lib64->lib symlinks that fail on CIFS/SMB shares.
# --system-site-packages lets the venv see apt-installed python3-gi for the tray.
python3 -m venv --copies --system-site-packages "$VENV"
"$VENV/bin/pip" install --upgrade pip -q
"$VENV/bin/pip" install -q -r requirements.txt
echo "==> Installing blitztext package"
# Copy the package into site-packages so this source folder can be deleted.
cp -r blitztext "$VENV/lib/python"*/site-packages/
# On Debian/Ubuntu, python3-gi lives in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages — the
# generic (non-versioned) path that venvs don't include even with
# --system-site-packages. A .pth file adds it to sys.path at startup.
SITE_PKG="$("$VENV/bin/python" -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")"
echo "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages" > "$SITE_PKG/debian-system-packages.pth"
echo "==> Writing default config (if absent)"
"$VENV/bin/python" -m blitztext config-path
echo "==> Installing launcher → $BIN"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$BIN")"
# Use a Python entry-point script (not `python -m`) so the current working
# directory is never added to sys.path and can't shadow the installed package.
cat > "$BIN" <<EOF
#!$VENV/bin/python
import sys
from blitztext.blitztext import main
sys.exit(main())
EOF
chmod +x "$BIN"
# Copy icons to hicolor so the app shows up properly in the tray / launcher.
ICON_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/icons/hicolor"
PKG_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
for s in 32 48 64 128 256; do
SRC="$PKG_DIR/packaging/blitztext_${s}.png"
if [ -f "$SRC" ]; then
DEST="$ICON_DIR/${s}x${s}/apps/blitztext.png"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$DEST")"
cp "$SRC" "$DEST"
fi
done
gtk-update-icon-cache -qf "$ICON_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
cat <<EOF
Done! Blitztext is installed at $APPDIR
Start it:
blitztext tray # system tray
blitztext gui # control-panel window
(Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH — it is by default on Ubuntu.)
You can now delete the source folder if you cloned it just for installation.
EOF