How to display text in Cydia console after package install?

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  1. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    Maybe I shouldn't try with iFunBox's SSH terminal.
    chickenmatt5, Apr 12, 2012
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  2. C0C0 Well-Known Member

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    I made it in iFile, and packaged it into a .deb with Mobile Terminal, if that matters.
    It shouldn't though. :p
    C0C0, Apr 12, 2012
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  3. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    Finally got it working. What's the file to be named if I want it executed after EVERYTHING has been said in Cydia? "postinst" just does it after the package has been installed, so it inserts my text then another few lines of "Configuring package." I want my text to appear LAST.

    This is pretty relevant: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html
    chickenmatt5, Apr 12, 2012
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  4. C0C0 Well-Known Member

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    I have no clue about that, sorry, but out of curiosity, what was wrong that made it fail?
    C0C0, Apr 12, 2012
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  5. chickenmatt5 Community Development Team

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    I'm not sure, I retyped the entire thing. Could have been that I didn't leave a blank line at the end. I also found an example of a postinst file that began with #!/bin/bash instead of #!/bin/sh so I used that.

    Also, I figured out how to move the custom text down. Where there would normally be Cydia text lines, put echo " " in the file. So, if Cydia normally does
    Code:
    Installed package.deb
Custom text!
Configuring package.deb
Configured package.deb
    then you add 2 lines of echo " " before echo "Custom text!" then it turns out like
    Code:
    Installed package.deb
Configuring package.deb
Configured package.deb
Custom text!
    chickenmatt5, Apr 13, 2012
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  6. C0C0 Well-Known Member

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    Oh. Well, it works, that's the important part.
    Re-oh. I didn't know that.
    C0C0, Apr 13, 2012
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  7. Bee Click New Member

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    I've tried that too:


    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
 
echo "Thanks for installing!"
 
exit 0

    But i got error "subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2"

    Please help. Thanks you.
    Bee Click, Jul 21, 2012
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