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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script installs the latest version of Processing for ARM into /usr/local/lib
+# Run it like this: "curl http://sukzessiv.net/~gohai/p5-arm/install-arm.sh | sudo sh"
+
+# this assumes that newer releases are at the top
+TAR="$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/processing/processing/releases | grep -oh -m 1 'https.*linux-armv6hf.tgz')"
+
+echo "\nDownloading $TAR..."
+curl -L $TAR > processing-linux-armv6hf-latest.tgz
+
+echo "Installing in /usr/local..."
+tar fx processing-linux-armv6hf-latest.tgz -C /usr/local/lib
+rm -f processing-linux-armv6hf-latest.tgz
+
+# this returns the highest version installed
+VER="$(basename $(ls -dvr /usr/local/lib/processing-* | head -1))"
+
+# symlink target might be a directory, replace
+rm -rf /usr/local/lib/processing
+ln -s $VER /usr/local/lib/processing
+
+# this assumes that /usr/local/bin is in $PATH
+ln -sf ../lib/processing/processing /usr/local/bin/processing
+ln -sf ../lib/processing/processing-java /usr/local/bin/processing-java
+
+# this assumes that the desktop manager picks up .desktop files in /usr/local/share/applications
+mkdir /usr/local/share/applications
+curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/processing/processing/master/build/linux/processing.desktop > /usr/local/share/applications/processing.desktop
+sed -i "s/@version@/$VER/" /usr/local/share/applications/processing.desktop
+sed -i 's|/opt/processing|/usr/local/lib/processing|' /usr/local/share/applications/processing.desktop
+
+echo "Done! You can start processing by running \"processing\" in the terminal, or through the applications menu (might require a restart).\n"