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+#!/bin/bash
+# Written on 10 Oct. 2024 4pm Berlin Time (CEST)
+
+# Script to update Spotube on Linux (direct binaries via tar.xz)
+# For letting it run in a crontab or manually
+
+# less sophisticated, old oneliner: arch="aarch64";p="/usr/share/spotube-bin"; a=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/krtirtho/spotube/releases/latest | sed 's/[()",{}]/ /g; s/ /\n/g' | grep "https.*releases/download.*tar.xz" | grep "$arch"); wget "$a" -O "$p/test.tar.xz" && tar -xJf "$p/test.tar.xz"  && rm "$p/test.tar.xz" && echo "$(date -I'seconds')|$a" >> "$p/lastupdate.txt"
+
+symlinkpath="/usr/bin/spotube"
+p="/usr/share/spotube-bin" # Path where the tar.xz should be downloaded and unpacked
+tmpf="$p/test.tar.xz" # temporary .tar.xz name and location (within Path p)
+repo="krtirtho/spotube" # define repo path
+arch="aarch64" # arch? either aarch64 or x86_64
+url="https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest"
+u="root" # who is the owner of /usr/share/spotube-bin/
+
+# check if running as root
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR]: This updater must be run as root";
+  exit
+fi
+
+if [ "$arch" != "aarch64" ] && [ "$arch" != "x86_64" ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR]: UPDATE FAILED. Arch must be either x86_64 or aarch64. Currently it is: '$arch' "
+  exit
+fi
+
+a=$(curl -s "$url" | sed 's/[()",{}]/ /g; s/ /\n/g' | grep "https.*releases/download.*tar.xz" | grep "$arch") # select the correct binary from Github release path via JSON API
+if [ -z "$a" ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR]: UPDATE FAILED: Url '$url' is invalid, exiting."
+  exit;
+fi
+
+# rm "$p/*" -r # optionally remove everything in the folder before (avoiding left overs and other issues)
+
+# creating $p dir, downloading & saving, unpacking tmpf/tar.xz
+if [ ! -d "$p" ]; then
+  echo "[+] creating directory '$p' "
+  mkdir "$p" # add directory if not yet existing (including subtree)
+fi
+echo "[+] owning '$p' by '$u'"
+chown "$u":"$u" "$p" -R # permissions fix
+
+cd "$p" # avoid the does not get unpacked bug by joining dir
+
+echo "[+] downloading '$a'"
+curl -L -s -o "$tmpf" "$a"  # download, save tar.xz (tmpf)
+echo "[+] completed download... starting unpacking"
+tar -xJf "$tmpf" # unpack tar.xz (tmpf)
+
+echo "[+] owning '$p' by '$u'"
+chown "$u":"$u" "$p" -R # permissions fix
+
+if [ ! -f "$tmpf" ]; then
+  echo "[ERROR]: UPDATE FAILED temporary file: '$tmpf' not found! Looks like it was not downloaded from repo."
+  exit
+fi
+echo "[+] unpacking completed"
+
+# when updated
+rm "$tmpf"
+chmod 0400 "$p/lastupdate.txt"
+echo "$(date -I'seconds')|$a" >> "$p/lastupdate.txt" # add datetime and tar.xz link entry to lastupdate.txt
+echo "[+] UPDATE LOOKS SUCCESSFUL. CHECK BY RUNNING $p/spotube"
+echo "[+] updated symlink of /usr/bin/spotube to '$p'/spotube "
+ln -sfn "$p/spotube" "$symlinkpath" # force update or creation of symlink