Helium Bowser installer & updater

Purpose

This script was initially designed to just update my Helium browser but over time and interest it got more functional and universal. It includes functions to install, update, remove, add launcher, etc... and is distro independent.

With "little" tinkering it should be possible to apply this script to install, update & configure many kinds of releases from source, like Debian packages, AppImages, binaries, etc...

Usage

Help

./helium_helper.sh -h

First Install

To initally install Helium browser via this script, download helium_helper.sh and make it executable:

wget https://lab.c95.org/fr4nz/helium-helper/raw/branch/main/helium_helper.sh && chmod +x helium_helper.sh

Run script with install parameter -i

./helium_helper.sh -i

Add alias to .shellrc | optional

./helium_helper.sh -a   ### ONLY TESTED WITH zsh & bash

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Updating

From launcher (if added)

Checking for the latest version and updating can simply be done for the browser as well as the script by right clicking the app icon and choosing either update option, which will be run by helium_launcher_update.sh. This will backup all files that are being updated and write a log.

Terminal

Updating can also be done by running:

./helium_helper.sh -u   ### UPDATE APP

./helium_helper.sh -S   ### UPDATE SCRIPT

Since this script is interactive, it doesn't keep logs.

Overview

Helium_Helper.sh

• Interactive installer, updater & configuration script
• Installs to /home/<USER>/.apps/Helium | changeable in line 28 INSTALL_PATH
• Assumes:
  • Presence of /home/<USER>/.apps/Helium when updating | changeable in line 28 INSTALL_PATH
  • Executable named Helium.AppImage
• Keeps backups of
  • Helium.AppImage --> Helium.AppImage.old
  • helium_helper.sh --> helium_helper.sh.old
  • helium_launcher_update.sh --> helium_launcher_update.sh.old
  • Helium.desktop --> Helium.desktop.old which will be overwritten at every update
• Adds desktop launcher to /home/<USER>/.local/share/applications
• Adds options to launcher which are run by helium_launcher_updater.sh
  • Update Helium
  • Update Script
  • View Log
• Run helium_helper.sh -h for help

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Helium_Launcher_Update.sh

• Update Helium from launcher
• Assumes:
  • Presence of /home/<USER>/.apps/Helium when updating | changeable in line 19 INSTALL_PATH
  • Executable named Helium.AppImage
• Loggs to /home/<USER>/.apps/Helium/assets/logs
• Keeps backups of
  • Helium.AppImage --> Helium.AppImage.old
  • helium_helper.sh --> helium_helper.sh.old
  • helium_launcher_update.sh --> helium_launcher_update.sh.old
  • Helium.desktop --> Helium.desktop.old which will be overwritten at every update
• Run helium_launcher_update.sh -h for help