alacritty - build/make debian package

make_alacritty_debian

#!/usr/bin/env bash 
#
# builds alacritty debian package
# Copyright © 2023 Andreas Buslehner
#
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DEB_SEARCH_STRING="\[package.metadata.deb\]"

# Check if ./alacritty/Cargo.toml file exists
if [[ ! -f ./alacritty/Cargo.toml ]]; then
    echo -e "No ./alacritty/Cargo.toml file exists!\n" && exit 1
fi

# Modify ./alacritty/Cargo.toml file 
if grep "$DEB_SEARCH_STRING" ./alacritty/Cargo.toml > /dev/null ; then
    echo -e "Cargo.toml already includes debian package instructions.\n"
else
    # make a backup to restore Cargo.toml file after build
    cp ./alacritty/Cargo.toml{,_backup}
    # insert debian instructions
    cat << EOF >> ./alacritty/Cargo.toml

[package.metadata.deb]
name = "alacritty"
maintainer = "Christian Duerr <[email protected]>, Joe Wilm <[email protected]>"
depends = "$auto"
section = "admin"
priority = "optional"
assets = [
    ["../target/release/alacritty", "usr/local/bin/", "755"],
    ["../extra/linux/Alacritty.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"],
    ["../extra/logo/alacritty-term.svg", "usr/share/pixmaps/Alacritty.svg","664"],
    ["../extra/completions/alacritty.bash", "usr/share/bash-completions/completions/", "644"],
    ["../extra/completions/_alacritty", "usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/", "644"],
    ["../extra/completions/alacritty.fish", "usr/share/fish/completions/", "664"],
    ["../extra/*.man", "usr/share/man/man1/", "644"],
    ["../extra/alacritty.man", "usr/share/man/man1/alacritty.1", "644"],
    ["../extra/alacritty-msg.man", "usr/share/man/man1/alacritty-msg.1", "644"],
    ["../README.md", "usr/share/doc/alacritty/", "644"],
    ["../alacritty.yml", "usr/share/doc/alacritty/", "644"],
    ["../LICENSE-APACHE", "usr/share/doc/alacritty/", "664"]
]
extended-description = """\
Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but
allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other
applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to
provide a flexible set of features with high performan
The supported platforms currently consist of BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows.

The software is considered to be at a beta level of readiness; there are
a few missing features and bugs to be fixed, but it is already used by many as
a daily driver."""
EOF

fi

# Check if rustup is available
if ! (command -v rustup) &> /dev/null
then
    echo -e "rustup command not found!\n"
    echo -e "Install from: https://rustup.rs \n\n"
    exit 1
fi

# Check for cargo deb
CARGO_DEB_VERSION=$(cargo deb --version) &> /dev/null
if [[ "$CARGO_DEB_VERSION"  = "" ]]; then
    echo -e "\"cargo deb\" package not found!\n"
    echo -e "Install with: \n"
    echo -e "cargo install cargo-deb\n\n"
    exit 1
else
    echo -e "\ncargo deb found:   version $CARGO_DEB_VERSION\n"
fi

# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install cmake pkg-config libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev \
    libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxkbcommon-dev python3

# Start building the deb package
echo -e "Start building debian package"
cd ./alacritty || exit 1
cargo deb --strip || exit 1
cd .. || exit 1

# Restore Cargo.toml file 
mv ./alacritty/Cargo.toml{_backup,}
chmod 777 ./target/debian/*.deb

# To make sure alacritty works correctly terminfo must be eventually updated
infocmp alacritty &> /dev/null || (
    echo -e "\nUpdating terminfo...\n"
    sudo tic -xe alacritty,alacritty-direct extra/alacritty.info
)

# Install instructions
echo -e "\nYou may now install alacritty with following command:\n"
echo -e "sudo apt install ./target/debian/alacritty*.deb\n"

exit 0

Build Alacritty Debian Package

These bash script builds a debian package. Copy the script to the root of the alacritty git and run it with

bash make_alacritty_debian

Afterwards you can install it with apt, apt-get or dpkg. E.g:

sudo dpkg -i ./target/debian/alacritty*.deb