Install script fails at line 7 'dirname'

[NCVito]

When attempting to run the install script on my linux server. I am immediately seeing this error:

dirname: missing operand

Am I the only one?

[skuzakov]

I have the same issue((

[CaptainPalapa]

Same here. Unfortunately, a Linux noob, so... likely beyond my (immediate) ability to correct. Debian Bullseye.

[pein95]

Same error

[nradchenko]

See #97

[Husky110]

@nradchenko
#97 does not fix the missing operant-problem on dirname (at least not on ubuntu 22.04)

[ghost]

Is there already a solution to the problem?

[Hypnocrit]

The author had a proposed fix but never posted it through. Its been 6 months.
https://github.com/MatchbookLab/local-persist/pull/98/files

Download the command to a file, set it executable then update the file per the diff and you should be off to the races.

In my case I have this part of an automated build system for dev environments in Vagrant. My solution is just to not download random bash scripts on the internet and then use sudo and hard code the file locally.

It's working for me now.

[kevindelord]

I have the issue as well

[mkrimm]

The same for me

[michelbarnich]

I fixed the issue by replacing $BASH_SOURCE with $0 and using the script from #98 to look like this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e

VERSION="v1.3.0"

gitDir=$(realpath `dirname $0`/..)
echo $gitDir

# uname -s, uname -m
# Deb 32: Linux i686
# Ubuntu 64: Linux x86_64
# FreeBSD: FreeBSD amd64

if [[ "$UID" != 0 ]]; then
    echo NOTE: sudo needed to set up and run start service
    exit 1
fi


if [[ `git -C "${gitDir}" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2> /dev/null` == "true" ]]; then
    thisGit=`git -C "${gitDir}" config --get remote.origin.url`
    thisGit=${thisGit::-4}
    GITHUB_BINARY_BASE="${thisGit}/releases/download"
    GITHUB_RAW_BASE="${thisGit/github.com/raw.githubusercontent.com}/releases/download"
fi

if [[ $thisGit == "" ]]; then
    GITHUB_URL_PARTS="MatchbookLab/local-persist"
    GITHUB_BINARY_BASE="https://github.com/${GITHUB_URL_PARTS}/releases/download"
    GITHUB_RAW_BASE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${GITHUB_URL_PARTS}/"
    GITHUB_URL_PARTS=
fi


function setenv {
    OS=$(uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")
    ARCH=$(uname -m)

    SUPPORTED=false
    if [[ $OS == "linux" ]]; then
        case $ARCH in
            "x86_64")
                ARCH="amd64"
                SUPPORTED=true
            ;;
            "aarch64")
                ARCH="arm64"
                SUPPORTED=true
            ;;
            "i686")
                # ARCH="386"
                SUPPORTED=false
            ;;
            # untested
            arm*)
                # ARCH="arm"
                SUPPORTED=false
            ;;
        esac
    elif [[ $OS == 'freebsd' ]]; then
        ARCH=$(uname -m)
        SUPPORTED=false
    fi

    if [[ $SUPPORTED == false ]]; then
        echo $OS $ARCH is not supported
        exit 2
    fi
}

function install-binary {
    echo Stopping docker-volume-local-persist service if running
    echo ''
    if [[ $* == *--upstart* ]]; then
        (sudo service docker-volume-local-persist stop || true)
    else
        (sudo systemctl stop docker-volume-local-persist || true)
    fi

    BINARY_URL="${GITHUB_BINARY_BASE}/${VERSION}/local-persist-${OS}-${ARCH}"
    BINARY_DEST="/usr/bin/docker-volume-local-persist"

    echo Downloading binary:
    echo "  From: $BINARY_URL"
    echo "  To:   $BINARY_DEST"

    curl -fLsS "$BINARY_URL" > $BINARY_DEST
    chmod +x $BINARY_DEST

    echo Binary download
    echo ''
}

# Systemd (default)
function setup-systemd {
    SYSTEMD_CONFIG_URL="${GITHUB_RAW_BASE}/${VERSION}/init/systemd.service"
    SYSTEMD_CONFIG_DEST="/etc/systemd/system/docker-volume-local-persist.service"

    echo Downloading Systemd service conf:
    echo "  From: $SYSTEMD_CONFIG_URL"
    echo "  To:   $SYSTEMD_CONFIG_DEST"

    sudo curl -fLsS "$SYSTEMD_CONFIG_URL" > $SYSTEMD_CONFIG_DEST

    echo Systemd conf downloaded
    echo ''
}

function start-systemd {
    echo Starting docker-volume-local-persist service...

    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
    sudo systemctl enable docker-volume-local-persist
    sudo systemctl start docker-volume-local-persist
    sudo systemctl status --full --no-pager docker-volume-local-persist

    echo ''
    echo Done! If you see this message, that should mean everything is installed and is running.
}

# Upstart
function setup-upstart {
    UPSTART_CONFIG_URL="${GITHUB_RAW_BASE}/${VERSION}/init/upstart.conf"
    UPSTART_CONFIG_DEST="/etc/init/docker-volume-local-persist.conf"

    echo Downloading binary:
    echo "  From: $UPSTART_CONFIG_URL"
    echo "  To:   $UPSTART_CONFIG_DEST"

    sudo curl -fLsS "$UPSTART_CONFIG_URL" > $UPSTART_CONFIG_DEST

    echo Upstart conf downloaded
    echo ''
}

function start-upstart {
    echo Reloading Upstart config and starting docker-volume-local-persist service...

    sudo initctl reload-configuration
    sudo service docker-volume-local-persist start
    sudo service docker-volume-local-persist status

    echo ''
    echo Done! If you see this message, that should mean everything is installed and is running.
}


setenv

if [[ $* == *--upstart* ]]; then
    install-binary --upstart
    setup-upstart
    start-upstart
else
    install-binary
    setup-systemd
    start-systemd
fi

This worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04.4