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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# © 2022 Harald Barth
+# 
+# This file is part of CommandStation-EX
+#
+# This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with CommandStation.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Usage: mkdir DIRNAME ; cd DIRNAME ; ../installer.sh
+# or from install directory ./installer.sh
+#
+
+DCCEXGITURL="https://github.com/DCC-EX/CommandStation-EX"
+ACLIINSTALL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arduino/arduino-cli/master/install.sh"
+ACLI="./bin/arduino-cli"
+
+function need () {
+    type -p $1 > /dev/null && return
+    sudo apt-get install $1
+    type -p $1 > /dev/null && return
+    echo "Could not install $1, abort"
+    exit 255
+}
+
+
+need git
+if test -d .git ; then
+    : assume we are right here
+    git pull
+else
+    git clone "$DCCEXGITURL"
+    cd `basename "$DCCEXGITURL"` || exit 255
+fi
+if test -f config.h ; then
+    : all well
+else
+    # need to do this config better
+    cp -p config.example.h config.h
+fi
+need curl
+if test -x "$ACLI" ; then
+    : all well
+else
+    curl "$ACLIINSTALL" > acliinstall.sh
+    chmod +x acliinstall.sh
+    ./acliinstall.sh
+fi
+
+$ACLI core update-index || exit 255
+
+# Board discovery
+BOARDS=/tmp/boards.$$
+$ACLI board list | grep serial > $BOARDS
+if test x`< $BOARDS wc -l` = 'x1' ; then
+    LINE=`cat $BOARDS`
+else
+    # ask user
+    echo "What board to use? (give line number)"
+    cat -n $BOARDS
+    echo -n "> "
+    LINE=`awk 'BEGIN {getline A < "/dev/tty"} ; A == NR {print}' $BOARDS`
+fi
+rm $BOARDS
+PORT=`echo $LINE | cut -d" " -f1`
+echo Will use port: $PORT
+
+# FQBN discovery
+FQBN=`echo $LINE | egrep 'arduino:avr:[a-z][a-z]*' | sed 's/.*\(arduino:avr:[a-z][a-z]*\) .*/\1/1'`
+if test x$FQBN = x ; then
+    # ask user
+    cat > /tmp/fqbn.$$ <<EOF
+arduino:avr:uno
+arduino:avr:mega
+esp32:esp32:esp32
+EOF
+    echo "What board type? (give line number)"
+    cat -n /tmp/fqbn.$$
+    echo -n "> "
+    FQBN=`awk 'BEGIN {getline A < "/dev/tty"} ; A == NR {print}' /tmp/fqbn.$$`
+fi
+rm /tmp/fqbn.$$
+echo FQBN is $FQBN
+
+# Install phase
+$ACLI core install `echo $FQBN | sed 's,:[^:]*$,,1'` # remove last component to get package
+$ACLI board attach -p $PORT --fqbn $FQBN $PWD
+$ACLI compile --fqbn $FQBN $PWD
+$ACLI upload -v -t -p $PORT $PWD