3 > WebInstall is how developers install their tools
5 This repository contains the primary and community-submitted packages for
6 [webinstall.dev](https://webinstall.dev).
10 - Should install to `$HOME/.local/opt/<package>-<version>` or `$HOME/.local/bin`
11 - Should not need `sudo` (except perhaps for a one-time `setcap`, etc)
14 - Node.js: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/node>
15 - Golang: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/golang>
16 - PostgreSQL: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/postgres>
17 - Single-Binary Installers:
18 - Caddy: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/caddy>
19 - Ripgrep: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/ripgrep>
20 - Gitea: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/gitea>
21 - Convenience Scripts:
22 - Prettier: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/prettier>
23 - Rust-lang: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/rustlang>
24 - Rust-lang: <https://github.com/webinstall/packages/tree/master/vim-sensible>
28 - Contacts official release APIs for download URLs
29 - Selects the appropriate package version and archive format
30 - Installs to `$HOME/.local/`
31 - Updates `PATH` via `$HOME/.config/envman/PATH.env`
32 - Symlinks or copies current selected version
36 1. `<package>/releases.js` transforms the package's release API into a common formatt
37 - (i.e. HTML, CSV, TAB, or JSON into a specific JSON format)
38 - common release APIs are in `_common/` (i.e. `_common/github.js`)
39 2. `_webi/bootstrap.sh` is a template that exchanges system information for a correct installer
40 - contructs a user agent with os, cpu, and utility info (i.e. `macos`, `amd64`, can unpack `tar,zip,xz`)
41 3. `_webi/template.sh` is the base installer template with common functions for
43 - downloading & unpacking
45 - (re-)linking directories
46 4. `<package>/install.sh` may provide functions to override `_webi/template.sh`
48 - `curl https://webinstall.dev/<pkg>` => `bootstrap-<pkg>.sh`
49 - `bash bootstrap-<pkg>.sh` => `https://webinstall.dev/api/installers/<pkg>@<ver>.sh?formats=zip,tar`
50 - `bash install-<pkg>.sh` => download, unpack, move, link, update PATH
52 ## Creating an Installer
54 An install consists of 5 parts in 4 files:
66 3. Version Check (semi-optional)
69 See these **examples**:
71 - https://github.com/webinstall/packages/blob/master/rg/
72 - https://github.com/webinstall/packages/blob/master/golang/
74 The `webinstall.dev` server uses the list of releases returned by
75 `<your-package>/releases.js` to generate a bash script with most necessary
76 variables and functions pre-defined.
78 You just fill in the blanks.
82 Just create an empty directory and run the tests until you get a good result.
85 git clone git@github.com:webinstall/packages.git
92 node _webi/test.js ./new-package/
95 ### 1. Create Description
97 Just copy the format from any of the existing packages. It's like this:
103 # homepage: https://nodejs.org
104 # tagline: JavaScript V8 runtime
106 # Node.jsĀ® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine
109 # node -e 'console.log("Hello, World!")'
116 This is a dumb format. We know. Historical accident (originally these were in
119 It's in the TODOs to replace this with either YAML or Markdown.
121 ### 1. Fetch Releases
123 All you're doing in this step is just translating from one form of JSON or CSV
124 or TAB or whatever, to a format understood by `webi`.
126 - Using Github releases? See `ripgrep/releases.js` (which uses
128 - Have a special format? See `golang/releases.js` or `node/releases.js`.
135 module.exports = function (request) {
136 return github(request, owner, repo).then(function (all) {
137 // if you need to do something special, you can do it here
144 ### 2. Bash Installer
146 1. Variables _you_ can set
147 2. Functions _you_ must define
148 3. Convenience / Helper Functions
150 (optional, if needed) Bash variables that you _may_ define:
153 # Define this if the package name is different from the command name (i.e. golang => go)
154 pkg_cmd_name="foobar"
156 # These are used for symlinks, PATH, and test commands
157 pkg_dst="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar"
158 pkg_dst_bin="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar/bin"
159 pkg_dst_cmd="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar/bin/foobar"
161 # These are the _real_ locations for the above
162 pkg_src="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar-v$WEBI_VERSION"
163 pkg_src_bin="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar-v$WEBI_VERSION/bin"
164 pkg_src_cmd="$HOME/.local/opt/foobar-v$WEBI_VERSION/bin/foobar"
167 (required) A version check function that strips all non-version junk
170 pkg_get_current_version() {
171 # foobar-v1.1.7 => 1.1.7
172 echo "$(foobar --version | head -n 1 | sed 's:foobar-v::')"
176 For the rest of the functions you can like copy/paste from the examples:
179 pkg_format_cmd_version() {} # Override, pretty prints version
181 pkg_link # Override, replaces webi_link()
183 pkg_pre_install() { # Override, runs any webi_* commands
184 webi_check # for $HOME/.local/opt tools
185 webi_download # for things that have a releases.js
186 webi_extract # for .xz, .tar.*, and .zip files
189 pkg_install() {} # Override, usually just needs to rename extracted folder to
190 # "$HOME/.local/opt/$pkg_cmd_name-v$WEBI_VERSION"
192 pkg_post_install() { # Override
193 webi_path_add "$pkg_dst_bin" # should probably update PATH
196 pkg_done_message() {} # Override, pretty print a success message
201 See `webi/template.sh`
203 These variables will be set by the server:
209 WEBI_HOST=https://webinstall.dev
210 WEBI_RELEASES=https://webinstall.dev/api/releases/example@v1?os=macos&arch=amd64&pretty=true
219 WEBI_PKG_URL=https://cdn.example.com/example-macos-amd64.tar.gz
220 WEBI_PKG_FILE=example-macos-amd64.tar.gz
224 WEBI_TMP=${WEBI_TMP:-"$(mktemp -d -t webinstall-foobar.XXXXXXXX)"}
229 webi_check # Checks to see if the selected version is already installed (and re-links if so)
230 webi_download # Downloads the selected release to $HOME/Downloads/<package-name>.tar.gz
231 webi_extract # Extracts the download to /tmp/<package-name>-<random>/
232 webi_path_add /new/path # Adds /new/path to PATH for bash, zsh, and fish
233 webi_pre_install # Runs webi_check, webi_download, and webi_extract
234 webi_install # Moves extracted files from $WEBI_TMP to $pkg_src
235 webi_link # replaces any existing symlink with the currently selected version
236 webi_post_install # Runs `webi_add_path $pkg_dst_bin`
241 - Wrap release APIs to unify and expose
242 - [ ] Support arbitrary git urls (i.e. `@github.com/node/node`)
243 - (maybe `ghi node/node` for github specifically)
244 - [ ] Support git as an archive format