Merge pull request #5 from raythurman2386/fix-install-errors

fix: improve installation robustness and build portability

Author: raythurman2386

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [0.1.4-beta] - 2026-02-25
+
+### Fixed
+- **Installation**: Improved script robustness with dependency checks for `curl`, `wget`, and `tar`.
+- **Portability**: Added OS and `systemctl` checks to installation scripts to prevent failures on non-systemd/non-Linux systems.
+- **Build**: Set `CGO_ENABLED=0` in Makefile to ensure portability and fix build errors in environments without C headers.
+- **Documentation**: Corrected documentation URL in systemd service file.
 
 ### Added
 - **Themes**: New "Ravenwood" and "Nord" color schemes.
@@ -37,5 +43,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **Installer**: One-liner install script for downloading pre-built binaries from GitHub releases.
 - **Packaging**: DEB, RPM, APK, and Arch Linux packages via GoReleaser.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/raythurman2386/straw/compare/v0.1.0-beta...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/raythurman2386/straw/compare/v0.1.4-beta...HEAD
+[0.1.4-beta]: https://github.com/raythurman2386/straw/compare/v0.1.3-beta...v0.1.4-beta
 [0.1.0-beta]: https://github.com/raythurman2386/straw/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta

Makefile

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 BINDIR = $(PREFIX)/bin
 GO ?= go
+export CGO_ENABLED ?= 0
 
 # Attempt to find golangci-lint
 LINTER := $(shell which golangci-lint 2> /dev/null || which $(HOME)/go/bin/golangci-lint 2> /dev/null || echo "golangci-lint")

install.sh

@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ set -e
 REPO="raythurman2386/straw"
 INSTALL_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR:-/usr/local/bin}"
 
+# Check for dependencies
+if ! command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 && ! command -v wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: curl or wget is required to run this script."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: tar is required to extract the binaries."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Detect OS
 OS=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 ARCH=$(uname -m)

scripts/install-from-source.sh

@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ make build
 echo "Step 3: Installing binaries to /usr/local/bin (requires sudo)..."
 sudo make install
 
-# 4. Install the background service
-echo "Step 4: Installing the background daemon service..."
-"$SCRIPT_DIR/install_service.sh"
+# 4. Install the background service (Linux only)
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
+    echo "Step 4: Installing the background daemon service..."
+    "$SCRIPT_DIR/install_service.sh"
+else
+    echo "Step 4: Skipping background service installation (not supported on this OS)."
+    echo "You can run 'strawd' manually to start the daemon."
+fi
 
 echo ""
 echo "---------------------------------------------------"

scripts/install_service.sh

@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ fi
 
 echo "Found strawd at: $BIN_PATH"
 
+# Check if systemctl is available
+if ! command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Warning: 'systemctl' not found. Skipping automatic service installation."
+    echo "You can still run 'strawd' manually to start the daemon."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # Create systemd user directory if it doesn't exist
 mkdir -p "$SYSTEMD_DIR"
 
@@ -24,7 +31,7 @@ echo "Generating $SERVICE_FILE..."
 cat > "$SERVICE_FILE" <<EOF
 [Unit]
 Description=Straw File Automation Daemon
-Documentation=https://github.com/youruser/straw
+Documentation=https://github.com/raythurman2386/straw
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]