webi installer picks the wrong release

[jacobo-diaz]

When installing on Linux, web installer detects the right arch (Linux/x86_64), but downloads the wrong release (macOS):

[root@xxx]~# curl -sS https://webinstall.dev/zoxide | bash

Thanks for using webi to install 'zoxide@stable' on 'Linux/x86_64'.
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Downloading zoxide from
https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/releases/download/v0.8.0/zoxide-v0.8.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

Saved as /root/Downloads/webi/zoxide/0.8.0/zoxide-v0.8.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Extracting /root/Downloads/webi/zoxide/0.8.0/zoxide-v0.8.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Installing to /root/.local/opt/zoxide-v0.8.0/bin/zoxide
[email protected]: line 247: /root/.local/bin/pathman: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
zoxide was installed successfully. Next, you'll need to set it up on your shell:

- For bash, add this line to ~/.bashrc:
    eval "$(zoxide init bash)"

- For fish, add this line to ~/.config/fish/config.fish:
    zoxide init fish | source

- For zsh, add this line to ~/.zshrc:
    eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"

- For any other shell, see the instructions at https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide.

[candrewlee14]

Try webman.

It's an easy way to install zoxide and tools like it. Just run webman add zoxide :)

I built webman because of pain points with webi. It functions in a similar way but is a lot easier to work with. Check it out and let me know what you think.

[ajeetdsouza]

Hey, zoxide now ships its own installer once again. Sorry this took so long!

[coolaj86]

I believe this was related to an issue with os detection using uname -a, which included the system hostname, which would sometimes match OS strings when users would give their computers names like Winkle or Darwinian or MacOstrich, etc.

Webi has since switched to using uname -srm which still works on both macOS and Linux, but sends only the necessary information (which is all around better, just something we didn't know about back in the early days).