Linux install script fails on Ubuntu, 'fetch' command not available. Workaround or fix?

Channels DVR Server Troubleshooting
#1

Hi all,

Tried to use the "linux" install "curl -f -s https://getchannels.com/dvr/setup.sh | sh"

What isn't said is this won't run on Ubuntu Linux as the 'fetch' command used in the setup script doesn't exist on Ubuntu.

Is there a fix or workaround?

Thanks in advance!

#2

Try piping into bash instead of sh

#3

Ta da! That worked. Good update for users to use bash for Ubuntu or if 'sh' doesn't work. Thank you for very fast response!!!

#4
#5

Can you share the output of these commands:

sh --version
bash --version

#6
#7

tom@nuc:~/Desktop$ sh --version
sh: 0: Illegal option --

tom@nuc:~/Desktop$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.21(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

tom@nuc:~/Desktop$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Release: 24.04
Codename: noble

#8

I guess I would disagree with that. I have been experimenting with a number of systems in the past week and have used the curl command listed above to successfully install Channels DVR Server multiple times on Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 & 24.04 and Ubuntu Server 22.04 & 24.04. I would note that I run the command as root: sudo curl -f -s https://getchannels.com/dvr/setup.sh | sh

#9

Hi. It wasn't the 'curl' command failing, it was the 'fetch' command failing in the shell script pulled down using the 'curl' command. Sorry for the bad description. No disagreement. :blush:

#10

fetch() is a function that tests if the script is being used with options to ignore any certificate validity errors or not.

fetch() {
  options=""
  if [ "$have_curl" = "1" ]; then
    test -n "$INSECURE_SSL" && options="--insecure"
    curl $options -f -s "$1" -o "$2"
  else
    test -n "$CURL_CA_BUNDLE" && options="--ca-certificate=$CURL_CA_BUNDLE"
    test -n "$INSECURE_SSL" && options="--no-check-certificate"
    wget -q $options -O "$2" "$1"
  fi
}

Would be interesting to see what the output from curl -f -s https://getchannels.com/dvr/setup.sh | sh -x would be. That extra -x should output exactly what is being called and where any errors exist.

#11

Hi, perhaps I wasn't clear, also. I was not just referring to the curl command. What I meant is that when I run the command string:

sudo curl -f -s https://getchannels.com/dvr/setup.sh | sh

from the terminal window of any of those Ubuntu versions I cited, it executes without any errors being displayed and Channels DVR server is installed in my home directory. What I understood from your initial post is that when you ran the command from an Ubuntu terminal window, it did not result in Channels DVR being installed. If I misunderstood, apologies.

-k