diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13792d031bf27845fdbfc79d4326a4d46402979d
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+{ # this ensures the entire script is downloaded #
+
+ucoin_has() {
+ type "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+if [ -z "$UCOIN_DIR" ]; then
+ UCOIN_DIR="$HOME/.ucoin"
+fi
+
+ucoin_latest_version() {
+ echo "v0.12-beta3"
+}
+
+ucoin_repo_url() {
+ echo "https://github.com/ucoin-io/ucoin.git"
+}
+
+ucoin_download() {
+ if ucoin_has "curl"; then
+ curl -qkL $*
+ elif ucoin_has "wget"; then
+ # Emulate curl with wget
+ ARGS=$(echo "$*" | command sed -e 's/--progress-bar /--progress=bar /' \
+ -e 's/-L //' \
+ -e 's/-I /--server-response /' \
+ -e 's/-s /-q /' \
+ -e 's/-o /-O /' \
+ -e 's/-C - /-c /')
+ wget $ARGS
+ fi
+}
+
+install_ucoin_from_git() {
+ if [ -d "$UCOIN_DIR/.git" ]; then
+ echo "=> ucoin is already installed in $UCOIN_DIR, trying to update using git"
+ printf "\r=> "
+ cd "$UCOIN_DIR" && (command git fetch 2> /dev/null || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to update ucoin, run 'git fetch' in $UCOIN_DIR yourself." && exit 1
+ })
+ else
+ # Cloning to $UCOIN_DIR
+ echo "=> Downloading ucoin from git to '$UCOIN_DIR'"
+ printf "\r=> "
+ mkdir -p "$UCOIN_DIR"
+ command git clone "$(ucoin_repo_url)" "$UCOIN_DIR"
+ fi
+ cd "$UCOIN_DIR" && command git checkout --quiet $(ucoin_latest_version)
+ if [ ! -z "$(cd "$UCOIN_DIR" && git show-ref refs/heads/master)" ]; then
+ if git branch --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
+ cd "$UCOIN_DIR" && command git branch --quiet -D master >/dev/null 2>&1
+ else
+ echo >&2 "Your version of git is out of date. Please update it!"
+ cd "$UCOIN_DIR" && command git branch -D master >/dev/null 2>&1
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ # Download Nodejs
+ local NVER="0.12.6";
+ local ARCH="32"
+ local X64=`uname -r | grep "x86_64"`
+ if [ ! -z X64 ]; then
+ ARCH="64"
+ fi
+ local NODEJS_FILENAME=node-v${NVER}-linux-x${ARCH}
+ local NODEJS_TARBALL=http://nodejs.org/dist/v${NVER}/${NODEJS_FILENAME}.tar.gz
+ local NODEJS_ARCHIVE=$UCOIN_DIR/node.tar.gz
+ local NODEJS_EXTRACTED=$UCOIN_DIR/$NODEJS_FILENAME
+ echo "=> Downloading '$NODEJS_TARBALL' to '$NODEJS_ARCHIVE'"
+ ucoin_download "$NODEJS_TARBALL" -o "$NODEJS_ARCHIVE" || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to download '$NODEJS_TARBALL'"
+ return 4
+ }
+ tar xzf $NODEJS_ARCHIVE || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to extract '$NODEJS_ARCHIVE'"
+ return 5
+ }
+ mv $NODEJS_FILENAME "node" || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to extract '$NODEJS_ARCHIVE'"
+ return 5
+ }
+
+ # Install uCoin dependencies (NPM modules)
+ local NPM=$UCOIN_DIR/node/bin/npm
+ $NPM install
+ return
+}
+
+install_ucoin_as_script() {
+ local UCOIN_SOURCE_LOCAL
+ UCOIN_SOURCE_LOCAL=https://github.com/ucoin-io/ucoin/releases/download/$(ucoin_latest_version)/ucoin.tar.gz
+ local UCOIN_ARCHIVE
+ UCOIN_ARCHIVE=$UCOIN_DIR/ucoin.tar.gz
+
+ # Downloading to $UCOIN_DIR
+ mkdir -p "$UCOIN_DIR"
+ if [ -d "$UCOIN_DIR/ucoin" ]; then
+ echo "=> ucoin is already installed in $UCOIN_DIR, trying to update"
+ else
+ echo "=> Downloading ucoin binary to '$UCOIN_DIR'"
+ fi
+ ucoin_download "$UCOIN_SOURCE_LOCAL" -o "$UCOIN_ARCHIVE" || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to download '$UCOIN_SOURCE_LOCAL'"
+ return 1
+ }
+ echo "=> Extracting..."
+ tar xzf $UCOIN_ARCHIVE -C $UCOIN_DIR || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to extract $UCOIN_ARCHIVE to $UCOIN_DIR"
+ return 2
+ }
+ echo "=> Cleaning..."
+ rm $UCOIN_ARCHIVE || {
+ echo >&2 "Failed to extract $UCOIN_ARCHIVE to $UCOIN_DIR"
+ return 2
+ }
+}
+
+#
+# Detect profile file if not specified as environment variable
+# (eg: PROFILE=~/.myprofile)
+# The echo'ed path is guaranteed to be an existing file
+# Otherwise, an empty string is returned
+#
+ucoin_detect_profile() {
+
+ local DETECTED_PROFILE
+ DETECTED_PROFILE=''
+ local SHELLTYPE
+ SHELLTYPE="$(basename /$SHELL)"
+
+ if [ $SHELLTYPE = "bash" ]; then
+ if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.bashrc"
+ elif [ -f "$HOME/.bash_profile" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.bash_profile"
+ fi
+ elif [ $SHELLTYPE = "zsh" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.zshrc"
+ fi
+
+ if [ -z $DETECTED_PROFILE ]; then
+ if [ -f "$PROFILE" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$PROFILE"
+ elif [ -f "$HOME/.profile" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.profile"
+ elif [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.bashrc"
+ elif [ -f "$HOME/.bash_profile" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.bash_profile"
+ elif [ -f "$HOME/.zshrc" ]; then
+ DETECTED_PROFILE="$HOME/.zshrc"
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ if [ ! -z $DETECTED_PROFILE ]; then
+ echo "$DETECTED_PROFILE"
+ fi
+}
+
+ucoin_is_available_for_distribution() {
+ local distribution
+
+ distribution=`cat /etc/*-release file 2>/dev/null | grep "Ubuntu"`
+
+ if [[ $distribution = *Ubuntu\ 14* ]] || [[ $distribution = *Ubuntu\ 15* ]]; then
+ return 0
+ else
+ return 1
+ fi
+}
+
+ucoin_do_install() {
+
+ # Autodetect install method
+
+ if [ "_$1" == "_git" ]; then
+ install_ucoin_from_git
+ elif ucoin_is_available_for_distribution; then
+ install_ucoin_as_script
+ elif ucoin_has "git"; then
+ install_ucoin_from_git
+ else
+ echo >&2 "You need git, curl, or wget to install ucoin"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ echo
+
+ local UCOIN_PROFILE
+ UCOIN_PROFILE=$(ucoin_detect_profile)
+
+ SOURCE_STR="\nexport UCOIN_DIR=\"$UCOIN_DIR\"\n[ -s \"\$UCOIN_DIR/ucoin.sh\" ] && . \"\$UCOIN_DIR/ucoin.sh\" # This loads ucoin.sh"
+
+ if [ -z "$UCOIN_PROFILE" ] ; then
+ echo "=> Profile not found. Tried $UCOIN_PROFILE (as defined in \$PROFILE), ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, and ~/.profile."
+ echo "=> Create one of them and run this script again"
+ echo "=> Create it (touch $UCOIN_PROFILE) and run this script again"
+ echo " OR"
+ echo "=> Append the following lines to the correct file yourself:"
+ printf "$SOURCE_STR"
+ echo
+ else
+ if ! command grep -qc '/ucoin.sh' "$UCOIN_PROFILE"; then
+ echo "=> Appending source string to $UCOIN_PROFILE"
+ printf "$SOURCE_STR\n" >> "$UCOIN_PROFILE"
+ else
+ echo "=> Source string already in $UCOIN_PROFILE"
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ echo "=> Close and reopen your terminal to start using ucoin"
+ ucoin_reset
+}
+
+#
+# Unsets the various functions defined
+# during the execution of the install script
+#
+ucoin_reset() {
+ unset -f ucoin_reset ucoin_has ucoin_latest_version \
+ ucoin_download install_ucoin_as_script install_ucoin_from_git \
+ ucoin_detect_profile ucoin_do_install \
+ ucoin_is_available_for_distribution
+}
+
+[ "_$UCOIN_ENV" = "_testing" ] || ucoin_do_install $1
+
+} # this ensures the entire script is downloaded #
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diff --git a/ucoin b/ucoin
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index 660695f03977324a2aa2929b05a92ab1e19f58f0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ucoin
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-NODE=node
-
-if [[ -d ./node ]]; then
- NODE=./node/bin/node
-fi;
-
-VERSION=`$NODE -v`
-
-if [[ $VERSION != v0.12* ]]; then
- echo "Node.js v0.12 is not available";
-else
- $NODE --harmony ./bin/ucoind $*
-fi;
-
diff --git a/ucoin.sh b/ucoin.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b18e9588e98e0ab4a53b5a8adb85937fe9bf6362
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+++ b/ucoin.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##########################
+# UCOIN EXECUTABLE
+#
+# Wraps bin/ucoind.js that is called with Node.js
+#
+
+ucoind() {
+
+ NODE=node
+
+ if [[ -d $UCOIN_DIR/node ]]; then
+ NODE=$UCOIN_DIR/node/bin/node
+ fi;
+
+ VERSION=`$NODE -v`
+
+ if [[ $VERSION != v0.12* ]]; then
+ echo "Node.js v0.12 is not available";
+ else
+ $NODE --harmony $UCOIN_DIR/bin/ucoind $*
+ fi;
+}