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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+# THIS SCRIPT ASSUMES IT IS RUNNING WITH ROOT PRIVILEDGES.|
+# ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+# this script installs all the binaries and creates the symbolic links needed for
+# a minimal setup in the zimaboard running Ubuntu 24.04
+
+command_exists() {
+	command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+sudo apt update -y
+
+# install essentials
+sudo apt install wget curl git
+
+# add github ssh key
+echo "Enter GitHub SSH Key (press Ctrl+D to end)":
+IFS=read -r -d '' gh_key
+
+echo "Saving key in ~/.ssh/ghkey"
+mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+echo "$ghkey" > ~/.ssh/gh_key
+
+echo "Update GitHub SSH Key permissions"
+chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/gh_key
+
+echo "Add key to ssh-agent"
+eval $(ssh-agent)
+ssh-add ~/.ssh/gh_key
+
+# setup git
+git config --global user.email "46619361+juancwu@users.noreply.github.com"
+git config --global user.name "jc"
+
+DOTFILES_REPO_URL=git@github.com:juancwu/dotfiles.git
+DOTFILES_DIR=/opt/dotfiles
+DOTFILES_GROUP=dotfiles
+
+# clone dotfiles
+mkdir -p $DOTFILES_DIR
+git clone $DOTFILES_REPO_URL $DOTFILES_DIR
+
+# create new dotfiles group
+groupadd $DOTFILES_GROUP
+
+# update dotfiles repo permissions and ownership
+chown -R "root:$DOTFILES_GROUP" "$DOTFILES_DIR"
+chmod 0770 "$DOTFILES_DIR"
+find "$DOTFILES_DIR" -type f -exec chmod 0660 {} \;
+find "$DOTFILES_DIR" -type d -exec chmod 0770 {} \;
+
+# create ghq directory
+GHQ_DIR=/opt/ghq
+mkdir "$GHQ_DIR"
+
+# create new ghq group, all repositories are going to be cloned here
+# easier to share and manage repositories that multiple users depend on
+GHQ_GROUP=ghq
+groupadd "$GHQ_GROUP"
+chown -R "root:$GHQ_GROUP" "$GHQ_DIR"
+chmod 0770 "$GHQ_DIR"
+find "$GHQ_DIR" -type f -exec chmod 0660 {} \;
+find "$GHQ_DIR" -type d -exec chmod 0770 {} \;
+
+# install pnpm
+if command_exists "pnpm"; then
+    echo "pnpm detected, skip installation."
+else
+    curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -
+fi
+
+# install lazygit
+if command_exists "lazygit"; then
+    echo "lazygit detected, skip installation."
+else
+    LAZYGIT_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[^"]*')
+    curl -Lo lazygit.tar.gz "https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/releases/latest/download/lazygit_${LAZYGIT_VERSION}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
+    tar xf lazygit.tar.gz lazygit
+    install lazygit /usr/local/bin
+    rm lazygit lazygit.tar.gz
+fi
+
+# install rustup
+if command_exists "rustup"; then
+	echo "rustup detected, skip installation."
+else
+    # make sure to install in /opt to make it available systemwide
+	curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+fi
+
+# install golang
+if command_exists "go"; then
+	echo "go detected, skip installation."
+else
+    GO_ARCH="linux-amd64"
+    GO_VERSION="go1.23.0"
+	GO_URL="https://go.dev/dl/$GO_VERSION.$GO_ARCH.tar.gz"
+	wget $GO_URL
+	sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf $GO_VERSION
+	rm "$GO_VERSION.$GO_ARCH.tar.gz"
+fi
+
+# install nvm
+if [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
+    export NVM_DIR="/opt/.nvm"
+    mkdir -p $NVM_DIR
+    echo "Creating new nvm group to allow nvm management (i.e. install new node versions)"
+    groupadd nvm
+    (
+      git clone https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.git "$NVM_DIR"
+      cd "$NVM_DIR"
+      git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match "v[0-9]*" $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`
+    ) && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+    chown -R root:nvm "$NVM_DIR"
+    find "$NVM_DIR" -type f -exec chmod 0660 {} \;
+    find "$NVM_DIR" -type d -exec chmod 0770 {} \;
+    # post installation configuration
+    NVM_LINES='
+    export NVM_DIR="/opt/.nvm"
+    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
+    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
+    '
+    # Append to .bashrc if not already present
+    if ! grep -q 'export NVM_DIR="/opt/.nvm"' "$HOME/.bashrc"; then
+        echo "$NVM_LINES" >> "$HOME/.bashrc"
+        echo "NVM lines added to .bashrc"
+    else
+        echo "NVM lines already present in .bashrc"
+    fi
+else
+	echo "nvm detected, skip installation."
+fi
+
+# install asadesuka, for checking sunset/sunrise
+if command_exists "asadesuka"; then
+	echo "asadesuka detected, skip installation."
+else
+    ASA_ARCH="Linuxx86_64"
+    ASA_VERSION="v1.2.1"
+	ASA_URL="https://github.com/juancwu/asadesuka/releases/download/$ASA_VERSION/asadesuka$ASA_ARCH.tar.gz"
+	mkdir asa_tmp
+	wget $ASA_URL -O asa_tmp/asa.tar.gz
+	tar -C asa_tmp -xzf asa_tmp/asa.tar.gz
+	sudo mv asa_tmp/asadesuka /usr/bin
+	rm -r asa_tmp
+	echo "Remember to set the ASA_LAT and ASA_LNG variables in .bashrc"
+fi