Refactor release workflow to support beta versions and update install…

…ation instructions

.github/workflows/python-app.yml

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Tag the release version
       id: tag_version
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}  # Use your new PAT secret
       run: |
         # Fetch the latest tag, if none found, start with v0.0.0
         TAG=$(git tag -l | tail -n 1)

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 name: Automation to Make Releases
 
 on:
-    push:
-      branches:
-        - "main"
-      tags:
-        - 'v*.*.*-beta'
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Linpad application"]  # Name of the first workflow
+    types:
+      - completed
 
 jobs:
-    create_release:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - name: Checkout code
-              uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  create_release:
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}  # Only run if the previous workflow succeeded
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-            - name: Download .deb package
-              uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-              with:
-                name: linpad-deb-package
+      - name: Download .deb package
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: linpad-deb-package
 
-            - name: Get current version
-              id: get_version
-              run: |
-                TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-                VERSION=${TAG//v/}
-                echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Get current version
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          VERSION=${TAG//v/}
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-            - name: Create Release
-              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-              with:
-                tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-                name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-                body: "Release of Linpad application version ${{ env.VERSION }}"
-                files: linpad.deb  # Adjusted the path to the downloaded artifact
-              env:
-                GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          body: "Release of Linpad application version ${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          files: linpad.deb  # Adjusted the path to the downloaded artifact
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Use the default token for release