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cypress_AMI_dependencies_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script installs the dependencies required by cypress.io tool
# on amazon linux AMI as the required dependencies are not easily available.

# path of dynamic executable of cypress
# for ex. /home/ec2-user/.cache/Cypress/3.0.1/Cypress/
CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER="/home/ec2-user/.cache/Cypress/<version>/Cypress"

exitError() {
    echo "Error: $1" >&2
    exit 1
}

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Please run as root/sudo"
    exit 1
fi

# latest system update
yum update -y

# install xvfb
echo "installing xvfb (X virtual framebuffer)"
yum install -y Xvfb

# install libXScrnSaver from binary package
echo "installing libXScrnSaver"
rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-2.el6.x86_64.rpm || exitError "error while installing libXScrnSaver"

# install pango, xrandr, xcursor, cairo, cups-libs(libcups)
echo "installing pango, xrandr, xcursor, cairo, cups-libs"
yum install -y pango pango pango-devel libXrandr libXrandr-devel libXcursor libXcursor-devel cups-libs || exitError "error while installing pango, xrandr, xcursor, cairo, cups-libs"

# install atk
echo "installing atk library"
rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/atk-1.30.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm || exitError "error while installing atk"
rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/atk-devel-1.30.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm || exitError "error while installing atk-devel"

echo "installing gcc compiler"
yum install -y gcc ||  exitError "error while installing gcc compiler"

# install gconf dependencies
echo "installing gconf with dependencies"

yum install -y libIDL libIDL-devel || exitError "error while installing libIDL libIDL-devel"
rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ORBit2-2.14.17-6.el6_8.x86_64.rpm || exitError "error while installing ORBIT"
yum install -y gtk-doc indent || exitError "error while installing gtk-doc, indent"
rpm -ivh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/ORBit2-devel-2.14.17-6.el6_8.x86_64.rpm || exitError "error while installing ORBIT-devel"
yum install -y libxml2 libxml2-devel dbus dbus-devel dbus-glib dbus-glib-devel intltool || exitError "error while installing libxml, dbus, dbus-glib intltool"

cd /tmp
wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/GConf/2.32/GConf-2.32.4.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf GConf-2.32.4.tar.bz2
cd GConf-2.32.4
./configure && make
make install

# first install gdk
echo "installing gdk-pixbuf with dependencies"
yum install -y libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel || exitError "error while installing libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel"

cd /tmp
wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.24/gdk-pixbuf-2.24.0.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf gdk-pixbuf-2.24.0.tar.bz2
cd gdk-pixbuf-2.24.0
./configure
make
make install

# install gtk+ with pkgconfig
echo "installing gtk+ with dependencies"
yum install -y libXcomposite libXcomposite-devel || exitError "error while installing libXcomposite"

cd /tmp
wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-2.24.0.tar.bz2
tar -jxvf gtk+-2.24.0.tar.bz2
cd gtk+-2.24.0
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
make
make install

# linking libraries to pre-built cypress
echo "Linking libraries (gconf, gtk, gdk, gdk-pixbuf) to pre-built Cypress at path $CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER"
cd $CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER
ln -PL /usr/local/lib/libgconf-2.so.4
ln -PL /usr/local/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
ln -PL /usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
ln -PL /usr/local/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0

# echo "Done...! Please check out if any dependency is missing with: ldd $CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER/Cypress | grep 'not found'"
if [[ $(ldd $CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER/Cypress | grep 'not found') ]]; then
    echo "There are some dependencies that cypress is missing,"
    ldd $CYPRESS_EXECUTABLE_FOLDER/Cypress | grep 'not found'
else
    echo "Cypress dependencies are installed. YAY"'!!'
fi

Thanks @1083. Yes, the link is broken for Orbit2.2 (even yours too at this moment)!!. I think they all keep changing over the time (as of writing this, they're at this version). These are low level system dependencies to make the cypress work. You always have to test the script and have to make the fix if there are any glitches!