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+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+# Usage: ./contrib/install_scone.py someuser@somehost
+# NOTE: you need sudo privilege.
+# try: # echo 'scone ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/scone
+#      # chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/scone
+#      # visudo -c
+# TODO need to open up rights to various dirs so that other users can access
+
+pyvenv='~/.scone/venv'
+remote=$1
+version='0.1.0'
+
+# create a source distribution
+python3 setup.py sdist
+
+#if ! ssh -q "$remote" -- dpkg-query -W -f="'"'${Status}'"'" python3-venv | grep "ok installed"; then
+#  ssh -qt "$remote" -- sudo apt-get install python3 python3-venv
+#else
+#  echo "python3-venv already installed"
+#fi
+
+if ! ssh -q "$remote" -- test -d "$pyvenv"; then
+  # create the dir
+  ssh -q "$remote" -- mkdir -p "$pyvenv"
+  # install Python
+  ssh -q "$remote" -- python3 -m venv "$pyvenv"
+fi
+
+# copy sdist
+scp "./dist/scone-$version.tar.gz" "$remote:~/.scone/"
+
+# install sdist
+ssh -q "$remote" -- "$pyvenv/bin/pip" install "~/.scone/scone-$version.tar.gz[sous]" || :
+
+# don't need any special treatment for now, blank toml will do
+ssh -q "$remote" -- touch "~/.scone/scone.sous.toml"
+
+# create the worktop dir
+ssh -q "$remote" -- mkdir -p "~/.scone/worktop"
+ssh -q "$remote" -- chmod ugo+rX "~" "~/.scone/" "~/.scone/worktop"
+ssh -q "$remote" -- chmod -R ugo+rX "~/.scone/venv"
+ssh -q "$remote" -- chmod ugo+w,+t "~/.scone/worktop"