I Think I Am Being Dumb - Syntax Error - install-ut2004.sh: 34: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")

[eliot-cole]

^{... it's very likely I am dumb ... 🤫}

disclaimer
I totally feel no entitlement or expectation to anyone's time or energy, here ...
I am posting this because I'm ... well ... I'm clueless!

When Installing Via Script It Fails

OK, so, I execute the following to install to a specific folder in Debian 12 (gnome wayland) on the bash terminal:

sh ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh --destination=~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004

When I do it errors with:

./scripts/install-ut2004.sh: 34: Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")

I am assuming that I am the person that made the mistake, here ... sooooooo ... what have I fudged? 😅

PS - Sudo makes no odds ... tap here for all other attempts that resulted in the same error 🙁

sudo sh ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh --destination=~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004

sh ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh --destination='~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004'

sh ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh -d '~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004'

sh ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh -d ~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004

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Potential Area Of Interest? uimode

I opened the script and (whilst I truly do not really know my way around bash/scripts) line 34 is the first line inside the uimode section starting at line 33:

uimode() {
  local _allowed=("auto" "kdialog" "zenity" "none") _seeking="$1"
  for element in "${_allowed[@]}"; do
    test "$element" = "$_seeking" && echo "$element" && return 0
  done
  die "Value '$_seeking' (of argument '$2') doesn't match the list of allowed values: 'auto', 'kdialog', 'zenity' and 'none'" 4
}

But ... I don't really see what the issue is, there ... 🤷

[FineWolf]

You are attempting to run the script with sh. As per the shebang (#!), the script is intended to be run with bash.

Either make the script file executable and run it directly, or execute it through bash.

bash ./scripts/install-ut2004.sh --destination=~/Games/OldUnreal/UT2004

[eliot-cole]

OK, will do, thanks, @FineWolf ... will try that tonight after work!

(sorry, if it wasn't clear ... that's what I thought I needed to do with a script 😅)