Linux instructions

Source/LibationAvalonia/App.axaml.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 		public static IAssetLoader AssetLoader { get; private set; }
 
 		public static readonly Uri AssetUriBase = new Uri("avares://Libation/Assets/");
-		public static System.IO.Stream OpenAsset(string assetRelativePath)
+		public static Stream OpenAsset(string assetRelativePath)
 			=> AssetLoader.Open(new Uri(AssetUriBase, assetRelativePath));
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 				var startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo()
 				{
 					FileName = "/bin/xdg-open",
-					Arguments = path is null ? string.Empty : $"\"{System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path)}\"",
+					Arguments = path is null ? string.Empty : $"\"{path}\"",
 					UseShellExecute = false, //Import in Linux environments
 					CreateNoWindow = false,
 					RedirectStandardOutput = true,
@@ -89,12 +89,16 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 						config.SetLibationFiles(defaultLibationFilesDir);
 
 					if (config.LibationSettingsAreValid)
-						return;
+					{
-
+						LibraryTask = Task.Run(() => DbContexts.GetLibrary_Flat_NoTracking(includeParents: true));
-					var setupDialog = new SetupDialog { Config = config };
+						ShowMainWindow(desktop);
-					setupDialog.Closing += Setup_Closing;
+					}
-
+					else
-					desktop.MainWindow = setupDialog;
+					{
+						var setupDialog = new SetupDialog { Config = config };
+						setupDialog.Closing += Setup_Closing;
+						desktop.MainWindow = setupDialog;
+					}
 				}
 				else
 					ShowMainWindow(desktop);
@@ -129,7 +133,8 @@ namespace LibationAvalonia
 				MessageBox.VerboseLoggingWarning_ShowIfTrue();
 
 #if !DEBUG
-				checkForUpdate();
+				//AutoUpdater.NET only works for WinForms or WPF application projects.
+				//checkForUpdate();
 #endif
 				// logging is init'd here
 				AppScaffolding.LibationScaffolding.RunPostMigrationScaffolding(setupDialog.Config);

Source/LibationAvalonia/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Run Libation on Ubuntu
+
+## Dependencies
+### Dotnet Runtime
+You must install the dotnet 6.0 runtime on your machine.
+
+First, add the Microsoft package signing key to your list of trusted keys and add the package repository.
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Ubuntu 22.04</summary>
+  
+  ```console
+  wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/22.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  ```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Ubuntu 21.10</summary>
+  
+  ```console
+  wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  ```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+  <summary>Ubuntu 20.04</summary>
+  
+  ```console
+  wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+  ```
+</details>
+
+Then install the dotnet 6.0 runtime
+
+```console
+sudo apt-get update; \
+  sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https && \
+  sudo apt-get update && \
+  sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-runtime-6.0
+```
+### FFMpeg (Optional)
+If you want to convert your audiobooks to mp3, install FFMpeg using the following command:
+
+```console
+sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg
+```
+
+## Install Libation
+
+1. Download and extract the most recent linux-64 build.
+2. Run Libation, either from the terminal or by double-clicking the Libation file in your desktop environment.
+3. Follow the prompts to setup your installation.
+4. Report bugs to https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation/issues