darkog
November 20th, 2009, 03:43 PM
This script will automatically install and configure Mendeley Desktop for you on Ubuntu 9.10 and 9.04. You will still need to go to http://www.mendeley.com/ and register an account.
Copy and paste the code below into a new file. For example medeley.sh.
Make the file executable
# sudo chmod +x mendeley.sh
Finally execute the file.
# sudo ./mendeley.sh
Full code below.
#!/bin/bash
# Name: mendeley_v2
#
# Author: darkog
#
# Date: Nov 19, 2009
#
# Purpose:
# This script will automatically install and
# configure the Mendeley academic desktop software.
#
# Notes:
# This script was tested to run on Ubuntu 9.10 x86.
#
# Return codes:
# None
#
################################################## ######
# --------------------------------------------
# Backup your apt sources.list file.
# --------------------------------------------
today=$(date '+%m-%d-%Y')
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_$today
# --------------------------------------------
# Add the Mendeley Ubuntu 9.04 repositories.
# If you use a different distro, you can go to
# http://www.mendeley.com/repositories
# and change the section as needed. Follow the
# format below.
# --------------------------------------------
echo "deb http://www.mendeley.com/repositories/xUbuntu_9.04 /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# --------------------------------------------
# Update & refresh your apt sources
# --------------------------------------------
apt-get update
# --------------------------------------------
# Install and auto configure the Mendeley
# software. Unfortunately the Mendeley team
# did not have an easily available .asc file
# which i could use with gpg for SecureApt.
# If they ever put one up, please contact me
# and perhaps I can add the functionality to
# import the keys into this script. For now
# I just have to force the install and trust
# that their files are not compromised.
# --------------------------------------------
apt-get install mendeleydesktop -y --force-yes
exit 0
Copy and paste the code below into a new file. For example medeley.sh.
Make the file executable
# sudo chmod +x mendeley.sh
Finally execute the file.
# sudo ./mendeley.sh
Full code below.
#!/bin/bash
# Name: mendeley_v2
#
# Author: darkog
#
# Date: Nov 19, 2009
#
# Purpose:
# This script will automatically install and
# configure the Mendeley academic desktop software.
#
# Notes:
# This script was tested to run on Ubuntu 9.10 x86.
#
# Return codes:
# None
#
################################################## ######
# --------------------------------------------
# Backup your apt sources.list file.
# --------------------------------------------
today=$(date '+%m-%d-%Y')
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_$today
# --------------------------------------------
# Add the Mendeley Ubuntu 9.04 repositories.
# If you use a different distro, you can go to
# http://www.mendeley.com/repositories
# and change the section as needed. Follow the
# format below.
# --------------------------------------------
echo "deb http://www.mendeley.com/repositories/xUbuntu_9.04 /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
# --------------------------------------------
# Update & refresh your apt sources
# --------------------------------------------
apt-get update
# --------------------------------------------
# Install and auto configure the Mendeley
# software. Unfortunately the Mendeley team
# did not have an easily available .asc file
# which i could use with gpg for SecureApt.
# If they ever put one up, please contact me
# and perhaps I can add the functionality to
# import the keys into this script. For now
# I just have to force the install and trust
# that their files are not compromised.
# --------------------------------------------
apt-get install mendeleydesktop -y --force-yes
exit 0