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+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+notifyError(){
+    notify-send -t 0 "Error occoured" "An error occours during the sankore build:\n\t$1" -i /usr/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/status/dialog-error.png
+    exit 1
+}
+
+rm -rf "build/linux/release"
+rm -rf install
+
+QT_PATH="/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.3"
+PLUGINS_PATH="$QT_PATH/plugins"
+QMAKE_PATH="$QT_PATH/bin/qmake"
+
+if [ ! -e "$QMAKE_PATH" ]; then
+    notifyError "qmake command not found at $QMAKE_PATH"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e "$PLUGINS_PATH" ]; then
+    notifyError "plugins path not found at $PLUGINS_PATH"
+fi
+
+notify-send "Open-Sankore" "Building Open-Sankore ..."
+$QMAKE_PATH -spec linux-g++
+
+make -j 4 release-install
+
+
+notify-send "Git Hub" "Make a tag of the delivered version"
+VERSION=`cat build/linux/release/version`
+if [ ! -f build/linux/release/version ]; then
+    notifyError "version not found"
+else
+    LAST_COMMITED_VERSION="`git describe $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`"
+    if [ "v$VERSION" != "$LAST_COMMITED_VERSION" ]; then
+        echo creating a tag with the version $VERSION
+#        git tag -a "v$VERSION" -m "Generating setup for v$VERSION"
+#        git push origin --tags 
+    fi
+fi
+
+cp resources/linux/run.sh build/linux/release/product
+chmod +x build/linux/release/product/run.sh
+
+cp -R resources/linux/qtlinux/* build/linux/release/product/
+
+notify-send "QT" "Coping plugins and library ..."
+cp -R $PLUGINS_PATH build/linux/release/product/
+
+#copying custom qt library
+QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH="build/linux/release/product/qtlib"
+mkdir $QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH
+QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH="$QT_PATH/lib"
+
+copyQtLibrary(){
+    if [ ! -e "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.4.7.3" ]; then
+        notifyError "$1 library not found in path: $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH"
+    fi
+    cp "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.4" "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+    cp "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/$1.so.4.7.3" "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+}
+
+copyQtLibrary libQtWebKit
+copyQtLibrary libQtDBus
+copyQtLibrary libQtScript
+copyQtLibrary libQtSvg
+copyQtLibrary libQtXmlPatterns
+copyQtLibrary libQtNetwork
+copyQtLibrary libQtXml
+copyQtLibrary libQtGui
+copyQtLibrary libQtCore
+
+if [ ! -e "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/libphonon.so.4.4.0" ]; then
+    notifyError "phonon library not found in path: $QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH"
+else
+    cp "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/libphonon.so.4" "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+    cp "$QT_LIBRARY_SOURCE_PATH/libphonon.so.4.4.0" "$QT_LIBRARY_DEST_PATH/"
+fi
+
+rm -rf install/linux
+mkdir -p install/linux
+
+#mv build/linux/release/product build/linux/release/Sankore.$VERSION
+cd build/linux/release/product
+
+#Removing .svn directories ...
+find . -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
+#tar cvzf ../../../install/linux/Sankore\ 3.1.tar.gz Sankore_3.1.$VERSION -C . 
+
+cd -
+notify-send "Building Sankore" "Finished to build Sankore building the package"
+
+
+BASE_WORKING_DIR="packageBuildDir"
+
+#creating package directory
+mkdir $BASE_WORKING_DIR
+mkdir "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN"
+mkdir -p "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/share/applications"
+mkdir -p "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local"
+
+
+cat > "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/prerm" << EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+xdg-desktop-menu uninstall /usr/share/applications/Open-Sankore.desktop
+exit 0
+#DEBHELPER#
+EOF
+
+cat > "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/postint" << EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor /usr/share/applications/Open-Sankore.desktop
+exit 0
+#DEBHELPER#
+EOF
+
+
+SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME="Open-Sankore-$VERSION"
+SANKORE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME"
+#move sankore build directory to packages directory
+cp -R build/linux/release/product $SANKORE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY 
+
+
+cat > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME/run.sh << EOF
+!/bin/bash
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME/qtlib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME/Open-Sankore
+EOF
+
+
+CHANGE_LOG_FILE="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/changelog-sankore-$VERSION.txt"
+CONTROL_FILE="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/control"
+CHANGE_LOG_TEXT="changelog.txt"
+
+ARCHITECTURE=`uname -i`
+
+echo "Open-Sankore ($VERSION) $ARCHITECTURE; urgency=low" > "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
+echo >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
+cat $CHANGE_LOG_TEXT >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
+echo >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
+echo "-- Claudio Valerio <claudio@open-sankore.org>  `date`" >> "$CHANGE_LOG_FILE"
+
+echo "Package: open-sankore" > "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Version: $VERSION" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Section: education" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Priority: optional" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Architecture: $ARCHITECTURE" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Essential: no" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Installed-Size: `du -s $SANKORE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY | awk '{ print $1 }'`" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Maintainer: Claudio VALERIO <claudio@open-sankore.org>" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Homepage: http://www.open-sankore.org" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo -n "Depends: " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+unset tab
+declare -a tab
+let count=0
+for l in `objdump -p $SANKORE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/Open-Sankore | grep NEEDED | awk '{ print $2 }'`; do 
+    for lib in `dpkg -S  $l | awk -F":" '{ print $1 }'`; do
+        #echo $lib
+        presence=`echo ${tab[*]} | grep -c "$lib"`; 
+        if [ "$presence" == "0" ]; then   
+            tab[$count]=$lib;
+            ((count++));
+        fi; 
+    done; 
+done; 
+
+for ((i=0;i<${#tab[@]};i++)); do
+    if [ $i -ne "0" ]; then
+        echo -n ",    " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+    fi
+    echo -n "${tab[$i]} (>= "`dpkg -p ${tab[$i]} | grep "Version: " | awk '{      print $2 }'`") " >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+done
+echo "" >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+echo "Description: This a interactive white board that uses a free standard format." >> "$CONTROL_FILE"
+
+find $BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/ -exec md5sum {} > $BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/md5sums 2>/dev/null \; 
+SANKORE_SHORTCUT="$BASE_WORKING_DIR/usr/share/applications/Open-Sankore.desktop"
+echo "[Desktop Entry]" > $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Version=$VERSION" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Encoding=UTF-8" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Name=Open-Sankore ($VERSION)" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "GenericName=Open-Sankore" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Comment=Logiciel de création de présentations pour tableau numérique interactif (TNI)" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT 
+echo "Exec=/usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME/run.sh" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Icon=/usr/local/$SANKORE_DIRECTORY_NAME/sankore.png" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "StartupNotify=true" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Terminal=false" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Type=Application" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Categories=Education" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+echo "Name[fr_FR]=Open-Sankore ($VERSION)" >> $SANKORE_SHORTCUT
+cp "resources/images/uniboard.png" "$SANKORE_PACKAGE_DIRECTORY/sankore.png"
+chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN"
+chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/prerm"
+chmod 755 "$BASE_WORKING_DIR/DEBIAN/postint"
+
+mkdir -p "install/linux"
+
+sudo  chown -R root:root $BASE_WORKING_DIR 
+dpkg -b "$BASE_WORKING_DIR" install/linux/Open-Sankore_${VERSION}_$ARCHITECTURE.deb
+notify-send "Open-Sankore" "Package built"
+
+#clean up mess
+#sudo rm -rf $BASE_WORKING_DIR
+