Build using containers

Author: frafra

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-dist
-downloads
-bluos-controller.*
+output/
+downloads/

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
+
+RUN zypper -n install lynx wget jq npm10 p7zip-full patch
+ADD bs-bashpatch.sh .
+ADD patches patches
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash", "bs-bashpatch.sh"]

README.md

@@ -1,17 +1,64 @@
 # What is that?
 
-This script repackages BluOS Controller to make it work on Linux.
+This script repackages the latest version of the BluOS Controller to make it work on Linux.
 
 See: https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360033533054-BluOS-controller-app-on-Linux
 
 # How to build
 
+## Using Docker or Podman (suggested)
+
+Replace `docker` with `podman` if you prefer to use Podman.
+
+```
+podman build -t bs-bashpatch .
+mkdir -p downloads output
+podman run --rm -v $PWD/output:/output -v $PWD/downloads:/downloads bs-bashpatch
+```
+
+## Without using Docker or Podman
+
+### Install dependencies
+
+- bash
+- wget
+- lynx
+- jq
+- p7zip
+  - Debian: p7zip-full
+  - OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: p7zip-full
+  - OpenSUSE Leap 15: p7zip
+  - Fedora: p7zip-plugins
+- patch
+- npm
+  - OpenSUSE: npm10
+
+### Run the script
+
 ```
 ./bs-bashpatch.sh
 ```
 
 # How to run
 
+## Default mode
+
+Open the output directory and run the generated AppImage.
+
+## Expert mode
+
+Run the latest generated AppImage and print console messages:
+
+```
+ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=true "$(ls output/*.AppImage | sort | head -n1)"
+```
+
+# Common issues
+
+## Program crashes when opened after few seconds
+
+Try to delete the configuration and try again:
+
 ```
-ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=true ./dist/linux-unpacked/bluos
+rm -rf ~/.config/BluOS\ Controller
 ```

bs-bashpatch.sh

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eux
 
 URL="https://www.bluesound.com/downloads/"
 
-# Create temporary directory
+# Create directories
 tmp=$(realpath $(mktemp -d bluos-controller.XXX))
 cleanup() {
     rm -rf "$tmp"
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ wget -N -P downloads "$archive_url"
 
 # Unpack
 7z e "downloads/${archive_url##*/}" -r app.asar -o"$tmp"
+npm add --save-dev npx
 npx asar extract "$tmp/app.asar" "$tmp/app"
 
 # Install dependencies
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ done
 npx electron-builder -l AppImage
 
 # Move results
-mv dist "$OLDPWD"
+mv dist/*.AppImage "$OLDPWD/output"
 
 # Cleanup
 cleanup