fix: avoid the usage of sudo-prompt

package.json

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
     "watch": "vite build -w"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "sudo-prompt": "^9.2.1",
     "@octokit/rest": "^20.0.2",
     "@types/node": "^18",
     "tmp-promise": "^3.0.3"

src/minikube-installer.spec.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
       withProgress: vi.fn(),
       showNotification: vi.fn(),
     },
+    process: {
+      exec: vi.fn(),
+    },
     env: {
       isWindows: vi.fn(),
     },
@@ -89,6 +92,24 @@ test('error: expect installBinaryToSystem to fail with a non existing binary', a
     value: 'linux',
   });
 
+  vi.spyOn(extensionApi.process, 'exec').mockImplementation(
+    () =>
+      new Promise<extensionApi.RunResult>((_, reject) => {
+        const error: extensionApi.RunError = {
+          name: '',
+          message: 'Command failed',
+          exitCode: 1603,
+          command: 'command',
+          stdout: 'stdout',
+          stderr: 'stderr',
+          cancelled: false,
+          killed: false,
+        };
+
+        reject(error);
+      }),
+  );
+
   // Run installBinaryToSystem with a non-binary file
   try {
     await installBinaryToSystem('test', 'tmpBinary');

src/util.spec.ts

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 
 import * as extensionApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath, runCliCommand } from './util';
+import { detectMinikube, getMinikubePath, installBinaryToSystem, runCliCommand } from './util';
 import * as childProcess from 'node:child_process';
 import type { MinikubeInstaller } from './minikube-installer';
-
-vi.mock('node:child_process');
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
 
 vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
   return {
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
       withProgress: vi.fn(),
       showNotification: vi.fn(),
     },
+    process: {
+      exec: vi.fn(),
+    },
     env: {
       isMac: vi.fn(),
       isWindows: vi.fn(),
@@ -48,9 +51,18 @@ vi.mock('@podman-desktop/api', async () => {
   };
 });
 
+vi.mock('node:child_process');
+
+// mock exists sync
+vi.mock('node:fs', async () => {
+  return {
+    existsSync: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
 const originalProcessEnv = process.env;
 beforeEach(() => {
-  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  vi.resetAllMocks();
   process.env = {};
 });
 
@@ -195,3 +207,79 @@ test('runCliCommand/killProcess on Windows', async () => {
 
   expect(spawnSpy.mock.calls[1]).toEqual(['taskkill', ['/pid', 'pid123', '/f', '/t']]);
 });
+
+test('error: expect installBinaryToSystem to fail with a non existing binary', async () => {
+  // Mock the platform to be linux
+  Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+    value: 'linux',
+  });
+
+  vi.spyOn(extensionApi.process, 'exec').mockImplementation(
+    () =>
+      new Promise<extensionApi.RunResult>((_, reject) => {
+        const error: extensionApi.RunError = {
+          name: '',
+          message: 'Command failed',
+          exitCode: 1603,
+          command: 'command',
+          stdout: 'stdout',
+          stderr: 'stderr',
+          cancelled: false,
+          killed: false,
+        };
+
+        reject(error);
+      }),
+  );
+
+  // Expect await installBinaryToSystem to throw an error
+  await expect(installBinaryToSystem('test', 'tmpBinary')).rejects.toThrowError();
+});
+
+test('success: installBinaryToSystem on mac with /usr/local/bin already created', async () => {
+  // Mock the platform to be darwin
+  Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+    value: 'darwin',
+  });
+
+  // Mock existsSync to be true since within the function it's doing: !fs.existsSync(localBinDir)
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation(() => {
+    return true;
+  });
+
+  // Run installBinaryToSystem which will trigger the spyOn mock
+  await installBinaryToSystem('test', 'tmpBinary');
+
+  // check called with admin being true
+  expect(extensionApi.process.exec).toBeCalledWith('chmod', expect.arrayContaining(['+x', 'test']));
+  expect(extensionApi.process.exec).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+    2,
+    'cp',
+    ['test', `${path.sep}usr${path.sep}local${path.sep}bin${path.sep}tmpBinary`],
+    { isAdmin: true },
+  );
+});
+
+test('expect: installBinaryToSystem on linux with /usr/local/bin NOT created yet (expect mkdir -p command)', async () => {
+  // Mock the platform to be darwin
+  Object.defineProperty(process, 'platform', {
+    value: 'linux',
+  });
+
+  // Mock existsSync to be false since within the function it's doing: !fs.existsSync(localBinDir)
+  vi.spyOn(fs, 'existsSync').mockImplementation(() => {
+    return false;
+  });
+
+  // Run installBinaryToSystem which will trigger the spyOn mock
+  await installBinaryToSystem('test', 'tmpBinary');
+
+  expect(extensionApi.process.exec).toBeCalledWith('chmod', expect.arrayContaining(['+x', 'test']));
+
+  // check called with admin being true
+  expect(extensionApi.process.exec).toBeCalledWith(
+    'cp',
+    ['test', `mkdir -p /usr/local/bin && ${path.sep}usr${path.sep}local${path.sep}bin${path.sep}tmpBinary`],
+    expect.objectContaining({ isAdmin: true }),
+  );
+});

src/util.ts

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import * as os from 'node:os';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
-import * as sudo from 'sudo-prompt';
 import * as extensionApi from '@podman-desktop/api';
 import type { MinikubeInstaller } from './minikube-installer';
+import * as fs from 'node:fs';
 
 export interface SpawnResult {
   stdOut: string;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ export async function installBinaryToSystem(binaryPath: string, binaryName: stri
   // Before copying the file, make sure it's executable (chmod +x) for Linux and Mac
   if (system === 'linux' || system === 'darwin') {
     try {
-      await runCliCommand('chmod', ['+x', binaryPath]);
+      await extensionApi.process.exec('chmod', ['+x', binaryPath]);
       console.log(`Made ${binaryPath} executable`);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new Error(`Error making binary executable: ${error}`);
@@ -178,45 +178,38 @@ export async function installBinaryToSystem(binaryPath: string, binaryName: stri
   // Create the appropriate destination path (Windows uses AppData/Local, Linux and Mac use /usr/local/bin)
   // and the appropriate command to move the binary to the destination path
   let destinationPath: string;
-  let command: string[];
-  if (system == 'win32') {
+  let command: string;
+  let args: string[];
+  if (system === 'win32') {
     destinationPath = path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local', 'Microsoft', 'WindowsApps', `${binaryName}.exe`);
-    command = ['copy', binaryPath, destinationPath];
+    command = 'copy';
+    args = [`"${binaryPath}"`, `"${destinationPath}"`];
   } else {
     destinationPath = path.join('/usr/local/bin', binaryName);
-    command = ['cp', binaryPath, destinationPath];
+    command = 'cp';
+    args = [binaryPath, destinationPath];
   }
 
-  // If windows or mac, use sudo-prompt to elevate the privileges
-  // if Linux, use sudo and polkit support
-  if (system === 'win32' || system === 'darwin') {
-    return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-      // Convert the command array to a string for sudo prompt
-      // the name is used for the prompt
-      const sudoOptions = {
-        name: `${binaryName} Binary Installation`,
-      };
-      const sudoCommand = command.join(' ');
-      sudo.exec(sudoCommand, sudoOptions, error => {
-        if (error) {
-          console.error(`Failed to install '${binaryName}' binary: ${error}`);
-          reject(error);
-        } else {
-          console.log(`Successfully installed '${binaryName}' binary.`);
-          resolve();
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  } else {
-    try {
-      // Use pkexec in order to elevate the prileges / ask for password for copying to /usr/local/bin
-      await runCliCommand('pkexec', command);
-      console.log(`Successfully installed '${binaryName}' binary.`);
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(`Failed to install '${binaryName}' binary: ${error}`);
-      throw error;
+  // If on macOS or Linux, check to see if the /usr/local/bin directory exists,
+  // if it does not, then add mkdir -p /usr/local/bin to the start of the command when moving the binary.
+  const localBinDir = '/usr/local/bin';
+  if ((system === 'linux' || system === 'darwin') && !fs.existsSync(localBinDir)) {
+    if (system === 'darwin') {
+      args.unshift('mkdir', '-p', localBinDir, '&&');
+    } else {
+      // add mkdir -p /usr/local/bin just after the first item or args array (so it'll be in the -c shell instruction)
+      args[args.length - 1] = `mkdir -p /usr/local/bin && ${args[args.length - 1]}`;
     }
   }
+
+  try {
+    // Use admin prileges / ask for password for copying to /usr/local/bin
+    await extensionApi.process.exec(command, args, { isAdmin: true });
+    console.log(`Successfully installed '${binaryName}' binary.`);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Failed to install '${binaryName}' binary: ${error}`);
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
 function killProcess(spawnProcess: ChildProcess) {

yarn.lock

@@ -2659,11 +2659,6 @@ strip-literal@^1.3.0:
   dependencies:
     acorn "^8.10.0"
 
-sudo-prompt@^9.2.1:
-  version "9.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sudo-prompt/-/sudo-prompt-9.2.1.tgz#77efb84309c9ca489527a4e749f287e6bdd52afd"
-  integrity sha512-Mu7R0g4ig9TUuGSxJavny5Rv0egCEtpZRNMrZaYS1vxkiIxGiGUwoezU3LazIQ+KE04hTrTfNPgxU5gzi7F5Pw==
-
 supports-color@^7.1.0:
   version "7.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz#1b7dcdcb32b8138801b3e478ba6a51caa89648da"