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--- blocks:manage_script_directory [2024-03-20 14:06]
mattias [Manage the script directory]
+++ blocks:manage_script_directory [2024-04-24 06:58] (current)
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 =====Manage the script directory=====
-We keep the latest version on our script environment in our [[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script|blocks-script repo on github]].
+We always keep the latest version on our script environment in our [[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script|blocks-script repo on github]].
-:!: Before doing anything with an existing script directory in a working system, it is always recommended to:
+:!: Before doing anything with an existing script directory in a working system, it is always recommended to make a security copy of the /PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script/ directory in case something goes wrong.
-  * stop the server
-  * make a security copy of the /PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script/ directory in case something goes wrong.
-===First time installation===
+====First time installation====
 From freshly installed Blocks, one should also install an up-to-date version of the files describing the Blocks scripting environment, dependencies and make sure we have access the latest drivers and users scripts.
-====Get the files====
+===Get the files===
-There are a few different methods to obtain the files, but in general for any desktop environments one can download a zip of the repo by clicking the green <CODE> dropdown and select the option to Download ZIP. This zip will contain all the files. When this file is decompressed it will result in a new directory, blocks-script-master. Navigate inside this directory and select all files and directories. Now one can drag/copy all the files into the /PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script/ directory. This will merge any new files and overwrite any older existing files, wish is typically what you want.
+There are a few different methods to obtain the files, but in general for any desktop environments one can download a compressed .zip archive of the repo ([[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script|]]) by clicking the green <CODE> dropdown and select the option to [[https://github.com/pixilab/blocks-script/archive/refs/heads/master.zip|Download ZIP]]. This zip will contain all the latest files.
+===Decompress the files===
+When this file is decompressed it will result in a new directory, blocks-script-master.
+===Merge the files into the script directory===
+Navigate inside this directory and select all files and directories. Now one can drag/copy all the files into the /PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script/ directory. This will merge any new files and overwrite any older existing files, wish is typically what you want.
-====Update====
+====Update the script directory====
+An update of the files is the same thing as with the fresh install for any desktop environment. For linux there is a script that automates this:
+===Production Linux Deskotop environments===
+For production Linux environments provision with our image, one can use the update_scripts.sh that automates the whole procedure including making a security copy and stopping the server. Before running the script, cd into the /script/ directory in the cli. The script has some dependencies that may be missing in i.e virtual machines not provisioned by the image.
+<code>
+pixi-server@pixi:~$ cd PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script/
+</code>
+Run the script:
+<code>
+pixi-server@pixi:~/PIXILAB-Blocks-root/script$ ./update_scripts.sh
+</code>
 ===Linux Desktop===
 ===Linux CLI===