Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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przemoc
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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I've noticed that my Far and plugins set diverged slightly on different computers, so I decided to create kind of bootstrap script, so I could easily recreate them.
It's maybe not the cleanest approach and lacks a bit of scaffolding to even further ease adding plugins, but it's usable.

GitHub: przemoc/far3-bootstrap

Far Manager v3 bootstrap scripts for downloading:
Usage
  • Download https://git.io/far3-bootstrap.zip archive
  • Extract its content
  • Enter newly created przemoc-far3-bootstrap-??????? directory
  • Run
    On Windows (old):

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    far3-bootstrap.cmd
    On Windows 10+:

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    far3-bootstrap.ps1
    On Linux:

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    far3-bootstrap.sh
  • Enter newly created Far.x?? directory
  • Run Far.exe
  • Further update plugins using Renewal (via F11)
Example of running on Windows 7:
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Far Manager v3 screenshot
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Basic information
far3-bootstrap.sh is the main script (POSIX shell). far3-bootstrap.cmd and far3-bootstrap.ps1 are just wrappers to download BusyBox for Windows and use it to run the script.
Last edited by przemoc on Wed 04 Jan, 2023 17:43, edited 4 times in total.
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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Today I finally updated the script, so it works now with enforced HTTPS on sourceforge, where FarPlugs live. Not sure when they made the change, but it's possible that it was broken for some considerable time...
Enjoy! :)
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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far3-bootstrap.sh has been finally updated again and works (at least for me). Download it together with recent busybox.exe and run:

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busybox sh far3-bootstrap.sh
to obtain latest stable Far with bunch of useful plugins in one go.
przemoc
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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far3-bootstrap has been updated to work again. Additionally, using on Windows has been simplified.

EDIT (2023-01-04):
Please read the first post for details.
Last edited by przemoc on Wed 04 Jan, 2023 17:47, edited 2 times in total.
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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far3-bootstrap has been updated to work again.
curl project had some changes over last year that broke the script.

Added also README.md, as can be seen on github page:
https://github.com/przemoc/far3-bootstrap
Last edited by przemoc on Sun 31 Jul, 2022 01:15, edited 1 time in total.
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Far Manager v3 and some plugins bootstrap script

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New year, new far3-bootstrap update. :)
far3-bootstrap.ps1 has been added for easier execution on modern Windows (because Windows 10+ detects certutil trick for downloading busybox in far3-bootstrap.cmd as Trojan:Win32/Ceprolad.A, which is undesirable).
Please read the first post (also updated) for usage details.
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