ci: add deb packaging (#823)

Co-authored-by: Erik Bjäreholt <erik.bjareholt@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ jobs:
         cp -v $APPIMAGE_FILE ./dist/activitywatch-linux-x86_64.AppImage
 
 
+    - name: Package deb
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        # The entire process is deferred to a shell file for consistency.
+        ./scripts/package/package-deb.sh
+
     - name: Upload packages
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:

scripts/package/deb/control

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: activitywatch
+Architecture: amd64
+Maintainer: Erik Bjäreholt <erik@bjareho.lt>
+Depends:
+Priority: optional
+Version: SCRIPT_VERSION_HERE
+Description: Open source time tracker
+ https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch

scripts/package/package-deb.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# Setting the shell is required, as `sh` doesn't support slicing.
+
+# Fail fast
+set -e
+# Verbose commands for CI verification
+set -x
+
+VERSION=$(scripts/package/getversion.sh)
+# Slice off the "v" from the tag, which is probably guaranteed
+VERSION_NUM=${VERSION:1}
+echo $VERSION_NUM
+PKGDIR="activitywatch_$VERSION_NUM"
+
+# Package tools
+sudo apt-get install sed jdupes wget
+
+if [ -d "PKGDIR" ]; then
+    sudo rm -rf $PKGDIR
+fi
+
+# .deb meta files
+mkdir -p $PKGDIR/DEBIAN
+# activitywatch's install location
+mkdir -p $PKGDIR/opt
+# Allows aw-qt to autostart.
+mkdir -p $PKGDIR/etc/xdg/autostart
+# Allows users to manually start aw-qt from their start menu.
+mkdir -p $PKGDIR/usr/share/applications
+
+# While storing the control file in a variable here, dumping it in a file is so unnecessarily
+# complicated that it's easier to just dump move and sed.
+cp ./scripts/package/deb/control $PKGDIR/DEBIAN/control
+sed -i "s/SCRIPT_VERSION_HERE/${VERSION_NUM}/" $PKGDIR/DEBIAN/control
+
+# Verify the file content
+cat $PKGDIR/DEBIAN/control
+# The entire opt directory (should) consist of dist/activitywatch/*
+
+cp -r dist/activitywatch/ $PKGDIR/opt/
+
+# Hard link duplicated libraries
+# (I have no idea what this is for)
+jdupes -L -r -S -Xsize-:1K $PKGDIR/opt/
+
+sudo chown -R root:root $PKGDIR
+
+# Prepare the .desktop file
+sudo sed -i 's!Exec=aw-qt!Exec=/opt/activitywatch/aw-qt!' $PKGDIR/opt/activitywatch/aw-qt.desktop
+sudo cp $PKGDIR/opt/activitywatch/aw-qt.desktop $PKGDIR/etc/xdg/autostart/
+sudo cp $PKGDIR/opt/activitywatch/aw-qt.desktop $PKGDIR/usr/share/applications/
+
+dpkg-deb --build $PKGDIR
+sudo mv activitywatch_${VERSION_NUM}.deb dist/activitywatch-${VERSION}-linux-x86_64.deb