deb-get install publii fails with not-found error (seems to be using now-nonexistent url)

[davidmhodges-net]

Reporting a bug 🐛

Expected behavior

Install publii so future updates can be handled through deb-get.

Actual behavior

Fails due to incorrect url https://cdn.getpublii.com/Publii-0.46.1.deb. (Entering same address in browser also yields 404 Not Found error.)

Terminal output:

$ deb-get install publii
--2024-10-05 16:20:59-- https://cdn.getpublii.com/Publii-0.46.1.deb
Resolving cdn.getpublii.com (cdn.getpublii.com)... 66.42.48.254
Connecting to cdn.getpublii.com (cdn.getpublii.com)|66.42.48.254|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2024-10-05 16:21:02 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Steps to reproduce

Type deb-get install publii in the Terminal.
--2024-10-05 16:20:59-- https://cdn.getpublii.com/Publii-0.46.1.deb
Resolving cdn.getpublii.com (cdn.getpublii.com)... 66.42.48.254
Connecting to cdn.getpublii.com (cdn.getpublii.com)|66.42.48.254|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2024-10-05 16:21:02 ERROR 404: Not Found.
[!] ERROR! Failed to download https://cdn.getpublii.com/Publii-0.46.1.deb. Deleting /var/cache/deb-get/Publii-0.46.1.deb...

System information

/etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy

/etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"

deb-get version

0.4.3

deb-get update

[+] Updating /etc/deb-get/01-main
-=O=- # # # #
51991
52017
59314
59339
62446
62477
66365
66557
[*] WARNING! Lock file found, but job is not running. Deleting /var/cache/deb-get/updating_supported.lock, cache update continues.
[+] Updating cache of supported apps in the background
Hit:1 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:2 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:6 https://repo.waydro.id jammy InRelease
Hit:7 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/christian-boxdoerfer/fsearch-stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:9 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease
Hit:10 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org jammy InRelease
Hit:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/openshot.developers/libopenshot-daily/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:12 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/tomtomtom/k9copy/ubuntu jammy InRelease
mv: cannot stat '/var/cache/deb-get/supported.list.tmp': No such file or directory
Hit:13 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuhandbook1/apps/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Hit:14 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuhandbook1/avidemux/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Reading package lists...
$ mv: cannot stat '/var/cache/deb-get/supported.list.tmp': No such file or directory
[pauses at this point without prompt; hitting return brings back prompt]

Note on preceding

I note that deb-get includes hits above for every deb app I've added to my software sources, not just ones installed with deb-get. (Publii was first attempted deb-get install. I already have it installed from .deb but thought it would be nice to not have to upgrade with manual reinstalls every time.)

additional note: access token

Possibly relevant: for the access token, I used a classic token with public_repo scope since deb-get is a public repository.

[philclifford]

The non-existant URL is taken from "https://getpublii.com/download/". Their download page points to a cdn endpoint that returns a 404 🤷 Until they sort this or rewrite their download page attempting a fix may be chasing shadows. For now you could drop the following override into /etc/deb-get/99-local.d:

DEFVER=1

if [ "${ACTION}" != "prettylist" ]; then
    #URL=$(curl -q -s https://getpublii.com/download/ | grep  -E -o "https://cdn.getpublii.com/Publii-[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.deb"|head -1)
    URL="https://getpublii.com"$(curl -q -s https://getpublii.com/download/ | grep -m 1 -E -o "/download/Publii-[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.deb")
    VERSION_PUBLISHED=${URL/*-/}
    VERSION_PUBLISHED=${VERSION_PUBLISHED/\.deb/}
fi
PRETTY_NAME="Publii"
WEBSITE="https://getpublii.com/"
SUMMARY="A free and open-source publishing platform that makes creating static websites fast and hassle-free, even for beginners."

As for the update and upgrade behaviour hitting all installed apt and PPA and repositories: this is by design but there is a proposed PR aiming to enhance this and be more selective by default.

[davidmhodges-net]

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