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+#!/usr/bin/bash -e
+# Name: Video2X Setup Script (Ubuntu)
+# Creator: K4YT3X
+# Date Created: June 5, 2020
+# Last Modified: June 5, 2020
+
+# help message if input is incorrect of if -h/--help is specified
+if [ "$1" == "-h" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ] || [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 INSTALLATION_PATH TEMP"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# set intallation path if specified
+if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
+    INSTALLATION_PATH=$1
+else
+    INSTALLATION_PATH="$HOME/.local/share"
+fi
+
+# set temp directory location if specified
+if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
+    TEMP=$2
+else
+    TEMP="/tmp/video2x"
+fi
+
+# environment variables
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+
+# install basic utilities and add PPAs
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-utils software-properties-common
+
+# add PPAs and sources
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:apt-fast/stable
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-fast
+apt-fast update
+
+# install runtime packages
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends ffmpeg libmagic1 nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-driver-440 python3.8
+
+# install compilation packages
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends git-core curl wget ca-certificates gnupg2 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
+
+# add Nvidia sources
+curl -fsSL https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub | apt-key add -
+echo "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/machine-learning/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64 /" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-ml.list
+apt-fast update
+
+# install python3 packages
+git clone --recurse-submodules --progress https://github.com/k4yt3x/video2x.git --depth=1 $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x
+python3.8 -m pip install -U pip
+python3.8 -m pip install -U -r $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/requirements.txt
+mkdir -v -p $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies
+
+# install gifski
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends cargo
+cargo install gifski
+
+# install waifu2x-caffe
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential cmake gcc-8 libatlas-base-dev libboost-atomic-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-python-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libcudnn7 libcudnn7-dev libgflags-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libhdf5-dev libleveldb-dev liblmdb-dev libopencv-dev libprotobuf-dev libsnappy-dev protobuf-compiler python-numpy
+
+git clone --recurse-submodules --depth=1 --progress --recurse-submodules https://github.com/nagadomi/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu.git $TEMP/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu
+git clone --recurse-submodules --progress --depth=1 https://github.com/nagadomi/caffe.git $TEMP/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu/caffe
+
+apt-get purge -y gcc g++
+ln -s /usr/bin/gcc-8 /usr/bin/gcc
+ln -s /usr/bin/g++-8 /usr/bin/g++
+mkdir -v -p $TEMP/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu/build
+cd $TEMP/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu/build
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+make -j$(nproc) install
+
+mv -v /tmp/video2x/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu/bin $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/waifu2x-caffe
+mv -v /tmp/video2x/waifu2x-caffe-ubuntu/build/waifu2x-caffe $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/waifu2x-caffe/waifu2x-caffe
+
+# install waifu2x-converter-cpp
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential cmake libopencv-dev ocl-icd-opencl-dev
+git clone --recurse-submodules --depth=1 --progress https://github.com/DeadSix27/waifu2x-converter-cpp $TEMP/waifu2x-converter-cpp
+mkdir -v $TEMP/waifu2x-converter-cpp/build
+cd $TEMP/waifu2x-converter-cpp/build
+cmake ..
+make -j$(nproc)
+mv -v $TEMP/waifu2x-converter-cpp/build $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/waifu2x-converter-cpp
+mv -v $TEMP/waifu2x-converter-cpp/models_rgb $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/waifu2x-converter-cpp/models_rgb
+
+# install waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
+# download libvulkan1
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends libvulkan1 unzip jq
+
+# get latest release JSON as a string
+echo "Fetching latest waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan release information using GitHub API"
+waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nihui/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/releases/latest)
+
+# count the number of assets in this release
+assets=$(echo "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r '.assets | length')
+
+# iterate through each of the assets and see if the name of the asset matches what we're looking for
+for i in $(seq $assets $END); do
+    if echo "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].name" | egrep "^waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan-[0-9]*-linux\.zip$"; then
+        download_link=$(echo "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].browser_download_url")
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+# check if download_link variable is set
+if [ -z "$download_link" ]; then
+    echo "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release"
+    echo "Error: unable to find waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan download link or GitHub API rate limit exceeded"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_zip="$TEMP/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan-linux.zip"
+echo "Downloading $download_link to $waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+wget "$download_link" -O "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+unzip "$waifu2x_ncnn_vulkan_zip" -d $TEMP/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
+mv -v $TEMP/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan-*-linux $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan
+
+# install srmd-ncnn-vulkan
+# download libvulkan1
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends libvulkan1 unzip jq
+
+# get latest release JSON as a string
+echo "Fetching latest srmd-ncnn-vulkan release information using GitHub API"
+srmd_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nihui/srmd-ncnn-vulkan/releases/latest)
+
+# count the number of assets in this release
+assets=$(echo "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r '.assets | length')
+
+# iterate through each of the assets and see if the name of the asset matches what we're looking for
+for i in $(seq $assets $END); do
+    if echo "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].name" | egrep "^srmd-ncnn-vulkan-[0-9]*-linux\.zip$"; then
+        download_link=$(echo "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].browser_download_url")
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+# check if download_link variable is set
+if [ -z "$download_link" ]; then
+    echo "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release"
+    echo "Error: unable to find srmd-ncnn-vulkan download link or GitHub API rate limit exceeded"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+srmd_ncnn_vulkan_zip="$TEMP/srmd-ncnn-vulkan-linux.zip"
+echo "Downloading $download_link to $srmd_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+wget "$download_link" -O "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+unzip "$srmd_ncnn_vulkan_zip" -d $TEMP/srmd-ncnn-vulkan
+mv -v $TEMP/srmd-ncnn-vulkan/srmd-ncnn-vulkan-*-linux $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/srmd-ncnn-vulkan
+
+# install realsr-ncnn-vulkan
+# download libvulkan1
+apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends libvulkan1 unzip jq
+
+# get latest release JSON as a string
+echo "Fetching latest realsr-ncnn-vulkan release information using GitHub API"
+realsr_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nihui/realsr-ncnn-vulkan/releases/latest)
+
+# count the number of assets in this release
+assets=$(echo "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r '.assets | length')
+
+# iterate through each of the assets and see if the name of the asset matches what we're looking for
+for i in $(seq $assets $END); do
+    if echo "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].name" | egrep "^realsr-ncnn-vulkan-[0-9]*-linux\.zip$"; then
+        download_link=$(echo "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release" | jq -r ".assets["$(($i - 1))"].browser_download_url")
+        break
+    fi
+done
+
+# check if download_link variable is set
+if [ -z "$download_link" ]; then
+    echo "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_latest_release"
+    echo "Error: unable to find realsr-ncnn-vulkan download link or GitHub API rate limit exceeded"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+realsr_ncnn_vulkan_zip="$TEMP/realsr-ncnn-vulkan-linux.zip"
+echo "Downloading $download_link to $realsr_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+wget "$download_link" -O "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_zip"
+unzip "$realsr_ncnn_vulkan_zip" -d $TEMP/realsr-ncnn-vulkan
+mv -v $TEMP/realsr-ncnn-vulkan/realsr-ncnn-vulkan-*-linux $INSTALLATION_PATH/video2x/src/dependencies/realsr-ncnn-vulkan
+
+# clean up temp directory
+# purge default utilities
+apt-get purge -y git-core curl wget ca-certificates gnupg2 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
+
+# purge waifu2x-caffe build dependencies
+apt-get purge -y build-essential cmake gcc-8 libatlas-base-dev libboost-atomic-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-python-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libcudnn7 libcudnn7-dev libgflags-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libhdf5-dev libleveldb-dev liblmdb-dev libopencv-dev libprotobuf-dev libsnappy-dev protobuf-compiler python-numpy
+
+# purge waifu2x-converter-cpp build dependencies
+apt-get purge -y libopencv-dev ocl-icd-opencl-dev
+
+# purge waifu2x/srmd/realsr-ncnn-vulkan build dependencies
+apt-get purge -y libvulkan1 unzip jq
+
+# run autoremove and purge all unused packages
+apt-get autoremove --purge -y
+
+# remove temp directory
+rm -vrf $TEMP