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-#!/bin/bash
-# prefer running as root
-DIR=$(dirname $0)
-PROGRAM=/usr/local/bin/comfortable-swipe
-COMPILE=$DIR/comfortable-swipe.compile.sh
-CONF_PATH=/usr/local/share/comfortable-swipe/comfortable-swipe.conf
-DCONF_PATH=$DIR/defaults.conf
-OLD_CONF_PATH=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/comfortable-swipe.conf
-
-if [ -x "$(command -v $PROGRAM)" ]; then
-    # stop any running comfortable-swipe if it exists
-    $PROGRAM stop
-fi
-
-#copy config file
-abort () {
-    exec echo "Installation aborted"
-}
-sudo mkdir -p $(dirname $CONF_PATH) || abort
-
-# check if "-y" or "--yes" is passed as an argument
-YES=false
-while test $# -gt 0
-do
-    case "$1" in
-        -y) YES=true
-            ;;
-        --yes) YES=true
-            ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-sudo chown $USER $(dirname $CONF_PATH)
-if [ ! -f $CONF_PATH ]; then
-    if [ ! -f $OLD_CONF_PATH ]; then
-        # old config file not found, create from scratch
-        cat $DCONF_PATH > $CONF_PATH || abort
-    else
-        # old config file found, move to the new path
-        cat $OLD_CONF_PATH > $CONF_PATH || abort
-        echo "Configuration copied from $OLD_CONF_PATH to $CONF_PATH"
-    fi
-else
-    # config file found, ask user if overwrite
-    echo "Old conf file found in $CONF_PATH"
-    if [ $YES == false ]; then
-        read -r -p "Keep the old conf file? (default: yes) [Y/n] " response
-        response=${response,,} # tolower
-        if [[ "$response" =~ ^(no|n)$ ]]; then
-            read -r -p "Conf file will be overwritten. Are you sure? [Y/n] " response
-            response=${response,,}
-            if [[ "$response" =~ ^(yes|y)$ ]]; then
-                cat $DCONF_PATH > $CONF_PATH || abort
-            else
-                abort
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
-echo "Installing..."
-
-# remove existing comfortable-swipe
-if [ -x "$(command -v $PROGRAM)" ]; then
-    sudo rm -f $(which comfortable-swipe)
-fi
-
-# compile library
-sudo $COMPILE $PROGRAM || abort
-
-# add permissions to input group (defer)
-# GROUP=$(ls -l /dev/input/event* | awk '{print $4}' | head --line=1) || abort
-
-# toggle autostart twice to refresh any changes
-$PROGRAM autostart > /dev/null || abort
-$PROGRAM autostart > /dev/null || abort
-
-echo "Successfully installed comfortable-swipe."
-echo "Configuration file is located at $CONF_PATH"
-echo ""
-echo "Try running 'comfortable-swipe start' to test."