Cannot pass arguments to post-install shell script (--after-install)

[matterubio]

I would like to know if there is an issue here. I want to add an input argument to my --after-install shell script. fpm seems to think the argument (which is currently separated by a whitespace) is something to package, unfortunately.

I usually get the following error message:

Invalid package configuration: Cannot package the path '[argument]', does it exist? {:level=>:error}

The argument is a path like /home/matterubio/Documents. The idea is to pass this into the script, which starts currently in the root directory on my Ubuntu 14.04. I need this script, though, to start in the destination directory of the fpm call.

Many thanks in advance!

[jordansissel]

The --after-install flag takes exactly one argument, a path to a script to provide to the package installation system.

In your case, what you probably need to do is create a short script that invokes whatever program you need with whatever arguments. For example:

after.sh

#!/bin/sh
exec /path/to/my/thing some arguments here

fpm ... --after-install after.sh ...

[matterubio]

Jordan,

Thank you! I am attempting to circumvent the issue and believe that adding the --template-values flag might solve it.

Sincerely,

Matthew E. Rubio

Purdue University School of Electrical & Computer Engineering rubiom@purdue.edu (571) 212-1894

On Jul 24, 2016 01:31, "Jordan Sissel" notifications@github.com wrote:

The --after-install flag takes exactly one argument, a path to a script to provide to the package installation system.

In your case, what you probably need to do is create a short script that invokes whatever program you need with whatever arguments. For example:

after.sh

!/bin/sh

exec /path/to/my/thing some arguments here

fpm ... --after-install after.sh ...

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[nicobrevin]

Hi Jason, there are some budding attempts to improve the docs and patches are very welcome!

On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, 2:13 PM Jason Danielson, notifications@github.com wrote:

it looks like template-scripts and template-value might be the way. however the --help links to a non-existent page ( https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/wiki/Script-Templates ) and the documentation for this tool is abysmal.

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