simple rpm package for the linux nightly binary

[sigmaSd]

• create a folder named SOURCES and download https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz and put the file inside it
• rpmbuild --define "_topdir $PWD" -bb zed-nightly.spec

zed-nightly.spec

Name:           zed
Version:        nightly
Release:        1%{?dist}
Summary:        Zed Nightly App

License:        GPL
URL:            https://github.com/zed-industries/zed
Source0:        %{name}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

BuildArch:      x86_64


%description
Zed Nightly App

%prep
%setup -q -n zed-nightly.app

# Download source file from URL
# curl -L -o %{SOURCE1} https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

# Patch desktop file
sed -i 's/Icon=zed/Icon=dev.zed.Zed-Nightly/' share/applications/zed-nightly.desktop

%define  debug_package %{nil}

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
install -m 755 bin/zed %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/zed
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications
install -m 644 share/applications/zed-nightly.desktop %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.desktop
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps
install -m 644 share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/zed.png %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps
install -m 644 share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/zed.png %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png

%files
%{_bindir}/zed
%{_datadir}/applications/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.desktop
%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png
%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png

%changelog
* Fri May 03 2024 sigmasd - nightly
- Initial package

[sigmaSd]

here is a newer one that downloads the url automaticly

Name:           zed
Version:        nightly
Release:        1%{?dist}
Summary:        Zed Nightly App

License:        GPL
URL:            https://github.com/zed-industries/zed
%define _disable_source_fetch 0
Source0:        https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz # NEW
BuildArch:      x86_64


%description
Zed Nightly App

%prep
%setup -q -n zed-nightly.app

# Patch desktop file
sed -i 's/Icon=zed/Icon=dev.zed.Zed-Nightly/' share/applications/zed-nightly.desktop

%define  debug_package %{nil}

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}
install -m 755 bin/zed %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/zed
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications
install -m 644 share/applications/zed-nightly.desktop %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.desktop
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps
install -m 644 share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/zed.png %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png
install -d %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps
install -m 644 share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/zed.png %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png

%files
%{_bindir}/zed
%{_datadir}/applications/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.desktop
%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png
%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/dev.zed.Zed-Nightly.png

%changelog
* Fri May 03 2024 sigmasd - nightly
- Initial package

Also the version number doesn't seem to be published anywhere for now, so here is a deno script, that update the package by checking last-modifed header (it assumes build/zed-nightly.spec exists)

#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run -A
import { $ } from "jsr:@david/dax@0.41.0";
$.setPrintCommand(true);
String.prototype.pipe = function (cb: any) {
  return cb(this);
};

if (import.meta.main) {
  const res = await fetch(
    "https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz",
  );
  const lastModified = res.headers.get("last-modified")
    ?.pipe((date) => new Date(date));

  const maybeSavedDate = localStorage.getItem("lastModified");
  if (!maybeSavedDate) {
    // new update!
    console.log("found new zed version");
    console.log("update date:", maybeSavedDate);
    await updateZed();
    localStorage.setItem("lastModified", lastModified.toString());
  } else {
    if (lastModified > new Date(maybeSavedDate)) {
      // new update!
      console.log("found new zed version");
      console.log("update date:", lastModified);
      await updateZed();
      localStorage.setItem("lastModified", lastModified.toString());
    } else {
      console.log("no new zed version");
    }
  }
}

async function updateZed() {
  await $`mkdir -p build/SOURCES`;
  await $`rm -rf build/SOURCES/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz`.noThrow();
  await $`rpmbuild --define '_topdir ${Deno.cwd()}/build' -bb zed-nightly.spec`
    .cwd("./build");
  await $`sudo rpm -e zed`.noThrow(); // in case its not installed
  await $`sudo rpm -i build/RPMS/x86_64/zed-nightly-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm`;
}

[micartey]

I used the newer spec file and this doesn't seem to work 🤔
I never used that before, so that is most likely on me...

Warnung: https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz wird nach /home/daniel/Workspace/zed/SOURCES/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz heruntergeladen
curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination
Fehler: https://zed.dev/api/releases/nightly/latest/zed-linux-x86_64.tar.gz konnte nicht heruntergeladen werden

[sigmaSd]

I think you need to create SOURCES folder if you haven't already