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+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# Options
+#
+#   -V, --verbose
+#     Enable verbose output for the installer
+#
+#   -f, -y, --force, --yes
+#     Skip the confirmation prompt during installation
+
+TERMSCP_VERSION="0.4.2"
+GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/veeso/termscp/releases/download/v${TERMSCP_VERSION}"
+DEB_URL="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp_${TERMSCP_VERSION}_amd64.deb"
+RPM_URL="${GITHUB_URL}/termscp-${TERMSCP_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm"
+
+set -eu
+printf "\n"
+
+BOLD="$(tput bold 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+GREY="$(tput setaf 0 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+UNDERLINE="$(tput smul 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+RED="$(tput setaf 1 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+GREEN="$(tput setaf 2 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+YELLOW="$(tput setaf 3 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+BLUE="$(tput setaf 4 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+MAGENTA="$(tput setaf 5 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+NO_COLOR="$(tput sgr0 2>/dev/null || printf '')"
+
+# Functions
+
+info() {
+    printf '%s\n' "${BOLD}${GREY}>${NO_COLOR} $*"
+}
+
+warn() {
+    printf '%s\n' "${YELLOW}! $*${NO_COLOR}"
+}
+
+error() {
+    printf '%s\n' "${RED}x $*${NO_COLOR}" >&2
+}
+
+completed() {
+    printf '%s\n' "${GREEN}✓${NO_COLOR} $*"
+}
+
+has() {
+    command -v "$1" 1>/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+get_tmpfile() {
+    local suffix
+    suffix="$1"
+    if has mktemp; then
+        printf "%s.%s" "$(mktemp)" "${suffix}"
+    else
+        # No really good options here--let's pick a default + hope
+        printf "/tmp/termscp.%s" "${suffix}"
+    fi
+}
+
+download() {
+    output="$1"
+    url="$2"
+    
+    if has curl; then
+        cmd="curl --fail --silent --location --output $output $url"
+    elif has wget; then
+        cmd="wget --quiet --output-document=$output $url"
+    elif has fetch; then
+        cmd="fetch --quiet --output=$output $url"
+    else
+        error "No HTTP download program (curl, wget, fetch) found, exiting…"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    $cmd && return 0 || rc=$?
+    
+    error "Command failed (exit code $rc): ${BLUE}${cmd}${NO_COLOR}"
+    warn "If you believe this is a bug, please report immediately an issue to <https://github.com/veeso/termscp/issues/new>"
+    return $rc
+}
+
+elevate_priv() {
+    if ! has sudo; then
+        error 'Could not find the command "sudo", needed to install termscp on your system.'
+        info "If you are on Windows, please run your shell as an administrator, then"
+        info "rerun this script. Otherwise, please run this script as root, or install"
+        info "sudo."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if ! sudo -v; then
+        error "Superuser not granted, aborting installation"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+test_writeable() {
+  local path
+  path="${1:-}/test.txt"
+  if touch "${path}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    rm "${path}"
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Currently supporting:
+#   - macos
+#   - linux
+#   - freebsd
+detect_platform() {
+    local platform
+    platform="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+    
+    case "${platform}" in
+        linux) platform="linux" ;;
+        darwin) platform="macos" ;;
+        freebsd) platform="freebsd" ;;
+    esac
+    
+    printf '%s' "${platform}"
+}
+
+# Currently supporting:
+#   - x86_64
+detect_arch() {
+    local arch
+    arch="$(uname -m | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+    
+    case "${arch}" in
+        amd64) arch="x86_64" ;;
+        armv*) arch="arm" ;;
+        arm64) arch="aarch64" ;;
+    esac
+    
+    # `uname -m` in some cases mis-reports 32-bit OS as 64-bit, so double check
+    if [ "${arch}" = "x86_64" ] && [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" -eq 32 ]; then
+        arch="i686"
+    elif [ "${arch}" = "aarch64" ] && [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" -eq 32 ]; then
+        arch="arm"
+    fi
+    
+    if [ "${arch}" != "x86_64" ]; then
+        error "Unsupported arch ${arch}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    
+    printf '%s' "${arch}"
+}
+
+confirm() {
+    if [ -z "${FORCE-}" ]; then
+        printf "%s " "${MAGENTA}?${NO_COLOR} $* ${BOLD}[y/N]${NO_COLOR}"
+        set +e
+        read -r yn </dev/tty
+        rc=$?
+        set -e
+        if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
+            error "Error reading from prompt (please re-run with the '--yes' option)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        if [ "$yn" != "y" ] && [ "$yn" != "yes" ]; then
+            error 'Aborting (please answer "yes" to continue)'
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+# Installers
+
+install_on_bsd() {
+    try_with_cargo "we currently don't distribute any pre-built package for BSD"
+}
+
+install_on_linux() {
+    local msg
+    local sudo
+    local archive
+    if "${ARCH}" != "x86_64"; then
+        try_with_cargo "we don't distribute packages for ${ARCH} at the moment"
+    elif has yay; then
+        info "Detected yay on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        yay -S termscp
+    elif has pakku; then
+        info "Detected pakku on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        pakku -S termscp
+    elif has paru; then
+        info "Detected paru on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        paru -S termscp
+    elif has aurutils; then
+        info "Detected aurutils on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        aurutils -S termscp
+    elif has pamac; then
+        info "Detected pamac on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        pamac -S termscp
+    elif has pikaur; then
+        info "Detected pikaur on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp AUR package"
+        pikaur -S termscp
+    elif has dpkg; then
+        info "Detected dpkg on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp via Debian package"
+        archive=$(get_tmpfile "deb")
+        download "${archive}" "${DEB_URL}"
+        info "Downloaded debian package to ${archive}"
+        if test_writeable "/usr/bin"; then
+            sudo=""
+            msg="Installing termscp, please wait…"
+        else
+            warn "Root permissions are required to install termscp…"
+            elevate_priv
+            sudo="sudo"
+            msg="Installing termscp as root, please wait…"
+        fi
+        info "$msg"
+        $sudo dpkg -i "${archive}"
+    elif has rpm; then
+        info "Detected rpm on your system"
+        info "Installing termscp via RPM package"
+        archive=$(get_tempfile "rpm")
+        download "${archive}" "${RPM_URL}"
+        info "Downloaded rpm package to ${archive}"
+        if test_writeable "/usr/bin"; then
+            sudo=""
+            msg="Installing termscp, please wait…"
+        else
+            warn "Root permissions are required to install termscp…"
+            elevate_priv
+            sudo="sudo"
+            msg="Installing termscp as root, please wait…"
+        fi
+        info "$msg"
+        $sudo rpm -U "${archive}"
+    else
+        try_with_cargo "No suitable installation method found for your Linux distribution; if you're running on Arch linux, please install an AUR package manager (such as yay). Currently only Arch, Debian based and Red Hat based distros are supported"
+    fi
+}
+
+install_on_macos() {
+    if has brew; then
+        if has termscp; then
+            info "Upgrading termscp..."
+            brew update && brew upgrade termscp
+        else
+            info "Installing termscp..."
+            brew install veeso/termscp/termscp
+        fi
+    else
+        try_with_cargo "brew is missing on your system; please install it from <https://brew.sh/>"
+    fi
+}
+
+try_with_cargo() {
+    err="$1"
+    if has cargo; then
+        info "Installing termscp via Cargo..."
+        cargo install termscp
+    else
+        error "$err"
+        error "Alternatively you can opt for installing Cargo <https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install>"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# defaults
+if [ -z "${PLATFORM-}" ]; then
+    PLATFORM="$(detect_platform)"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BIN_DIR-}" ]; then
+    BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${ARCH-}" ]; then
+    ARCH="$(detect_arch)"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BASE_URL-}" ]; then
+    BASE_URL="https://github.com/starship/starship/releases"
+fi
+
+# parse argv variables
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        
+        -V | --verbose)
+            VERBOSE=1
+            shift 1
+        ;;
+        -f | -y | --force | --yes)
+            FORCE=1
+            shift 1
+        ;;
+        -V=* | --verbose=*)
+            VERBOSE="${1#*=}"
+            shift 1
+        ;;
+        -f=* | -y=* | --force=* | --yes=*)
+            FORCE="${1#*=}"
+            shift 1
+        ;;
+        
+        *)
+            error "Unknown option: $1"
+            exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+printf "  %s\n" "${UNDERLINE}Termscp configuration${NO_COLOR}"
+info "${BOLD}Platform${NO_COLOR}:      ${GREEN}${PLATFORM}${NO_COLOR}"
+info "${BOLD}Arch${NO_COLOR}:          ${GREEN}${ARCH}${NO_COLOR}"
+
+# non-empty VERBOSE enables verbose untarring
+if [ -n "${VERBOSE-}" ]; then
+    VERBOSE=v
+    info "${BOLD}Verbose${NO_COLOR}: yes"
+else
+    VERBOSE=
+fi
+
+printf "\n"
+
+confirm "Install ${GREEN}termscp ${TERMSCP_VERSION}${NO_COLOR}?"
+
+# Installation based on arch
+case $PLATFORM in
+    "freebsd")
+        install_on_bsd
+    ;;
+    "linux")
+        install_on_linux
+    ;;
+    "macos")
+        install_on_macos
+    ;;
+    *)
+        error "${PLATFORM} is not supported by this installer"
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+completed "Congratulations! Termscp has successfully been installed on your system!"
+info "If you're a new user, you might be interested in reading the user manual <https://veeso.github.io/termscp/#user-manual>"
+info "While if you've just updated your termscp version, you can find the changelog at this link <https://veeso.github.io/termscp/#changelog>"
+info "Remember that if you encounter any issue, you can report them on Github <https://github.com/veeso/termscp/issues/new>"
+info "Feel free to open an issue also if you have an idea which could improve the project"
+info "If you want to support the project, please, consider a little donation <https://www.buymeacoffee.com/veeso>"
+info "I hope you'll enjoy using termscp :D"
+
+exit 0