Added support for generic Linux

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ IMPORTANT: this tool is still to be considered a development / pre-alpha release
 * Verify the kernel signature
 * Compile and install the kernel
 * Nofity the users about what is going on (tested only on Xfce).
-* Remove a distribution kernel if present (currently only on Arch and Manjaro).
+* Remove a distribution kernel if present (disabled by default).
 
 ### Installation
 1. Clone and navigate to the repository, then run `./install`

install

@@ -35,7 +35,35 @@ function install_arch_manjaro(){
 	fi
 	printf "Installation complete.\n"
 }
-
+function install_generic(){
+	cp kernelcheck /usr/local/sbin/kernelcheck
+	cp notify_all /usr/local/sbin/notify_all
+	if ! hash crontab &>/dev/null
+	then
+		printf "This tool depends on cron to schedule kernel checks. Exiting..\n"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	if hash systemctl &>/dev/null
+	then
+		if [ $(systemctl is-active cronie) == inactive ]
+		then
+			printf "Enabling cronie command scheduler..\n"
+			systemctl start cronie.service &>/dev/null
+			systemctl enable cronie.service &>/dev/null
+		fi
+	else
+		printf "You don't seem to be using systemd.. Please enable cronie manually.\n"
+	fi
+	if ! grep -Fxq "@hourly /usr/local/sbin/kernelcheck" /var/spool/cron/root 2>/dev/null
+	then
+		printf "Installing hourly service in crontab..\n"
+		(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@hourly /usr/local/sbin/kernelcheck" ) | crontab -
+	elif grep -Fxq "@hourly /usr/local/sbin/kernelcheck" /var/spool/cron/root
+	then
+		printf "Crontab entry found. Skipping..\n"
+	fi
+	printf "Installation complete.\n"
+}
 if [ -f /etc/manjaro-release ]
 then
 	printf "Installing for Manjaro Linux...\n"
@@ -44,4 +72,8 @@ elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ]
 then
 	printf "Installing for Arch Linux...\n"
 	install_arch_manjaro
+elif [ $(uname) == Linux ]
+then
+	printf "Distribution not yet supported.\nInstalling for generic Linux..\n"
+	install_generic
 fi

kernelcheck

@@ -54,23 +54,25 @@ then
 	make modules_install &>/dev/null
 	cp arch/$(uname -m)/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-$latest
 	mkinitcpio -k $latest -g /boot/initramfs-$latest.img &>/dev/null
-	## Uncomment this code block only if you really know what you are doing!!
+	function remove_distr_kernel(){
+		if [ "$(echo $(uname -r) | sed 's/ARCH//')" != "$(uname -r)" ]
+		then
+			/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the Arch distribution kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
+			pacman -R --noconfirm linux
+		elif [ "$(echo $(uname -r) | sed 's/MANJARO//')" != "$(uname -r)" ]
+		then
+			/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the Manjaro distribution kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
+			pacman -R --noconfirm linux
+		else
+			/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the current kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
+			rm -f /boot/initramfs-$current.img
+			rm -f /boot/vmlinuz-$current
+			rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/$current
+		fi
+	}
+	## Uncomment this function only if you really know what you are doing!!
 	## It removes the Arch / Manjaro distribution kernel, and should only be done if you know how to recover from chroot!
-
+	# remove_distr_kernel
-	# if [ "$(echo $(uname -r) | sed 's/ARCH//')" != "$(uname -r)" ]
-	# then
-	#	/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the Arch distribution kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
-	#	pacman -R --noconfirm linux
-	# elif [ "$(echo $(uname -r) | sed 's/MANJARO//')" != "$(uname -r)" ]
-	# then
-	#	/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the Manjaro distribution kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
-	#	pacman -R --noconfirm linux
-	# else
-		/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "Removing the current kernel.." --icon=dialog-information
-		rm -f /boot/initramfs-$current.img
-		rm -f /boot/vmlinuz-$current
-		rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/$current
-	# fi
 	grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg &>/dev/null
 	/usr/local/sbin/notify_all "Kernel update tracker" "New kernel installed\!" --icon=dialog-information
 elif [[ "$latest" == "$current" ]] && [[ ! -z $latest ]]