Craftland
- Status Not Fixed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Bug Report
- Assigned To No-one
- Operating System Linux
- Severity High
- Priority High
- Reported Version Development
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
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FS#2176 - Linux-Launcher: Self updating mechanism stuck at version 4.0
I tried to install on linux, but the launcher does not update itself to a higher version. I think we should pack up a new linux-x64-launcher.zip with a more recent launcher version.
I think we should also provide a installer script and short guide for linux.
I attached a linux installer script that creates a start menu entry for KDE and gnome.
install-craftland.sh
(1.8 KiB)
1.
We should make sure the https://craftland.org/down.php?f=linux_x64 always points to the most recent version, so this conflict can never occur.
https://craftland.org/down.php?f=linux_x64 points to a 4.0 launcher. Update this to fix the problem right away.
2.
This problem only occurs if you have an existing installation ($HOME/.craftland/) with an existing /home/michael/.craftland/launcherversion.txt
This file stores the "local" version of the launcher.
After downloading and extracting the linux zip a second time (or running my installer script for that matter) you end up with a bin/craftlandlauncher in version 4.0, and a $HOME/.craftland/launcherversion.txt saying 4.5.
The launcher detects that its outdated.
But right before updating it compares against the local version from the txt file and thinks it is up to date.
This should be an easy fix. (The launcher has to be updated).
3.
This might also happen on Windows!
4.
I will modify the linux installer script to reset the ~/.craftland/version*txt files in case of pre-existing installations.
We should provide the install.sh script instead of the zip file as linux download.
A little guide is required (chmod +x install.sh then ./install.sh)
I updated my comment above