I tried getting rid of tokio, it didn't work out

dtrfs_api/Cargo.lock

@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ac0150caa2ae65ca5bd83f25c7de183dea78d4d366469f148435e2acfbad0da"
+checksum = "325918d6fe32f23b19878fe4b34794ae41fc19ddbe53b10571a4874d44ffd39b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytestring"
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
  "bincode",
+ "bytes",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "lazy_static",
  "regex",

dtrfs_api/Cargo.toml

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ sha3 = "0.10.8"
 rustls = "0.23.18"
 rustls-pemfile = "2.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.215", features = ["derive"] }
+bytes = "1.9.0"

dtrfs_api/src/main.rs

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async fn post_install_form(req: HttpRequest, form: web::Form<InstallForm>) -> Ht
         return HttpResponse::BadRequest().body(format!("Signature verification failed: {}", e));
     };
     match os::encrypt_and_install_os(&form.url, &form.sha, &form.keyfile).await {
-        Ok(s) => s,
+        Ok(s) => HttpResponse::Ok().streaming(s),
         Err(e) => HttpResponse::InternalServerError().body(format!("{e:?}")),
     }
 }

dtrfs_api/src/os.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::snp::get_derived_key;
-use actix_web::{web::Bytes, HttpResponse};
+use bytes::Bytes;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use base64::prelude::{Engine, BASE64_URL_SAFE};
 use std::process::Command;
@@ -17,18 +17,18 @@ pub async fn encrypt_and_install_os(
     install_url: &str,
     install_sha: &str,
     keyfile: &str,
-) -> Result<HttpResponse, actix_web::Error> {
+) -> Result<impl tokio_stream::Stream<Item = Result<Bytes>>> {
+    // I swear I tried my best to do without tokio
+    // It is just such a pain to do to anything without tokio
+    // I am sorry for the mess but I gave up after countless tries
     use tokio::process::Command;
     use tokio::io::{BufReader, AsyncBufReadExt};
     use tokio_stream::{StreamExt, wrappers::LinesStream};
 
-    let binary_keyfile = base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE.decode(keyfile)
+    let binary_keyfile = base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE.decode(keyfile)?;
-        .map_err(|e| actix_web::error::ErrorBadRequest(e.to_string()))?;
 
     // Write the decoded keyfile to the backup path asynchronously
-    tokio::fs::write(BACKUP_KEYFILE_PATH, &binary_keyfile)
+    tokio::fs::write(BACKUP_KEYFILE_PATH, &binary_keyfile).await?;
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError(e.to_string()))?;
 
     // Spawn the installation script as a child process
     let mut child = Command::new("/usr/lib/dtrfs/install_os.sh")
@@ -38,16 +38,11 @@ pub async fn encrypt_and_install_os(
         .env("ROOT_KEYFILE", BACKUP_KEYFILE_PATH)
         .stdout(Stdio::piped())
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn()
+        .spawn()?;
-        .map_err(|e| actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError(e.to_string()))?;
 
     // Take stdout and stderr from the child process
-    let stdout = child.stdout.take().ok_or_else(|| {
+    let stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
-        actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError("Failed to capture stdout".to_string())
+    let stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
-    })?;
-    let stderr = child.stderr.take().ok_or_else(|| {
-        actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError("Failed to capture stderr".to_string())
-    })?;
 
     // Merge stdout and stderr into a single stream
     let stdout_lines = LinesStream::new(BufReader::new(stdout).lines());
@@ -55,13 +50,11 @@ pub async fn encrypt_and_install_os(
     let merged_stream = stdout_lines.merge(stderr_lines).map(|line_result| {
         line_result
             .map(|line| Bytes::from(line + "\n"))
-            .map_err(|e| actix_web::error::ErrorInternalServerError(e.to_string()))
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::Error::new(e))
     });
 
     // Return the merged stream as the HTTP response
-    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
+    Ok(merged_stream)
-        .content_type("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-        .streaming(merged_stream))
 }
 
 pub fn try_hot_keyfile() -> Result<()> {