feat: add 'ipfs' to PATH on macOS and Linux

assets/bin/ipfs.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get the full path of "resources/" directory (resolving the symlink if needed)
+resources=$(dirname "$(dirname "$(test -L "$0" && readlink "$0" || echo "$0")")")
+# Get the full path to ipfs binary bundled with ipfs-desktop
+ipfs="$resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/go-ipfs-dep/go-ipfs/ipfs"
+
+exec "$ipfs" "$@"

assets/build/after-install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+ln -sf '/opt/${productFilename}/${executable}' '/usr/local/bin/${executable}'
+
+if [ ! -f /usr/local/bin/ipfs ]; then
+  ln -sf '/opt/${productFilename}/resources/bin/ipfs.sh' '/usr/local/bin/ipfs'
+fi

assets/build/after-remove.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Remove broken link to ipfs-desktop binary
+test -e '/usr/local/bin/${executable}' || rm -f '/usr/local/bin/${executable}'
+
+# Remove broken link to ipfs binary
+test -e '/usr/local/bin/ipfs' || rm -f '/usr/local/bin/ipfs'
+

electron-builder.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ appId: io.ipfs.desktop
 directories:
   buildResources: assets/build
 
+extraResources:
+  - from: "assets/bin"
+    to: "bin"
+    filter:
+      - "**/*"
+
 mac:
   category: public.app-category.utilities
 
@@ -35,6 +41,15 @@ linux:
     - rpm
     - snap
 
+rpm:
+  fpm:
+    - "--after-install=assets/build/after-install.sh"
+    - "--after-remove=assets/build/after-remove.sh"
+
+deb:
+  afterInstall: assets/build/after-install.sh
+  afterRemove: assets/build/after-remove.sh
+
 snap:
   confinement: strict
   plugs:

src/early/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import protocolHandlers from './protocol-handlers'
+import ipfsScript from './ipfs-script'
 
 // Functions that must run on app 'will-finish-launching'.
 export default function (ctx) {
   protocolHandlers(ctx)
+  ipfsScript(ctx)
 }

src/early/ipfs-script.js

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import { join } from 'path'
+import os from 'os'
+import { logger } from '../utils'
+
+export default function () {
+  // Note: during runtime, we only do this for darwin.
+  if (os.platform() !== 'darwin') {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Ignore during development because the paths are not the same.
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+    logger.info('[ipfs on path] unavailable during development')
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Don't make any changes if IPFS already exists...
+  if (fs.existsSync('/usr/local/bin/ipfs')) {
+    logger.info('[ipfs on path] was not added, already exists')
+    return
+  }
+
+  try {
+    fs.symlinkSync(join(__dirname, '../../../bin/ipfs.sh'), '/usr/local/bin/ipfs')
+    logger.info('[ipfs on path] added to /usr/local/bin/ipfs')
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(e)
+  }
+}