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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SUDO=""
+# default versions
+CDS_VERSION=4.0.0.0
+EDGE_VERSION=4.0.0.0
+# Overload versions, when they are passed as command line arguments
+[ ! -z $1 ] && CDS_VERSION=$1
+[ ! -z $2 ] && EDGE_VERSION=$2
+
+URL="https://store.codesys.com/ftp_download/3S/LinuxSL/2302000005/${CDS_VERSION}/CODESYS%20Control%20for%20Linux%20SL%20${CDS_VERSION}.package"
+EDGE_URL="https://store.codesys.com/ftp_download/3S/EdgeGatewayLinux/000120/${EDGE_VERSION}/CODESYS%20Edge%20Gateway%20for%20Linux%20${EDGE_VERSION}.package"
+
+# check if this linux system is debian based
+if ! which dpkg >/dev/zero; then
+    echo "This install script only runs on debian based distributions"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if we are running as root, or we have sudoers access to dpkg
+if [ "$USER" != "root" ]; then
+    if ! which sudo >/dev/zero; then
+        echo "You are not running as root, and don't have sudo installed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "You are running as non-root user. We try to get sudo access to dpkg."
+    if ! sudo dpkg --version >/dev/zero; then
+        echo "You have no access to dpkg. Please rerun the script as root"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    SUDO="sudo"
+fi
+
+# check necessary tools
+if ! which wget >/dev/zero; then
+    echo "We need the tool 'wget' to download the CODESYS package."
+    echo "You may try:"
+    echo "  apt-get install wget"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! which unzip >/dev/zero; then
+    echo "We need the tool 'unzip' to unpack the CODESYS package."
+    echo "You may try:"
+    echo "  apt-get install unzip"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check if /lib64 is available
+if ! -d /lib64; then
+    echo "Seems that you are not running on a traditional multi arch system."
+    echo "As a workaround, you can link /lib to /lib64."
+    echo "ln -s /lib /lib64"
+fi
+
+# check availability of ipv4, and try to install xinetd forwarding if not
+ipv4=$(ip -4 addr list scope global)
+ipv6=$(ip -6 addr list scope global)
+
+if [ -z "${ipv4}" -a ! -z "${ipv6}" ]; then
+    echo "You are running on an ipv6 only host. CODESYS doesn't support this, yet."
+    echo "So we try to install an ipv6 forwarding, using xinetd."
+    # check if xinetd is installed
+    if [ ! -d /etc/xinetd.d ]; then
+        echo "We need the tool 'xinetd' to tunnel between ipv4 and ipv6"
+        echo "You may try:"
+        echo "  apt-get install xinetd"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    address=$(ip -6 addr list scope global dev eth0 | grep -v " fd" | sed -n 's/.*inet6 \([0-9a-f:]\+\).*/\1/p' | head -n 1)
+    cat <<EOF >/etc/xinetd.d/codesys-ipv6
+service codesys-tcp
+{
+    flags           = IPv6
+    disable         = no
+    type            = UNLISTED
+    socket_type     = stream
+    protocol        = tcp
+    user            = nobody
+    wait            = no
+    redirect        = 127.0.0.1 11740
+    port            = 11740
+    bind            = ${address}
+}
+service codesys-gw
+{
+    flags           = IPv6
+    disable         = no
+    type            = UNLISTED
+    socket_type     = stream
+    protocol        = tcp
+    user            = nobody
+    wait            = no
+    redirect        = 127.0.0.1 1217
+    port            = 1217
+    bind            = ${address}
+}
+service codesys-edge
+{
+    flags           = IPv6
+    disable         = no
+    type            = UNLISTED
+    socket_type     = stream
+    protocol        = tcp
+    user            = nobody
+    wait            = no
+    redirect        = 127.0.0.1 11743
+    port            = 11743
+    bind            = ${address}
+}
+EOF
+    systemctl reload xinetd
+fi
+
+# start installation
+if [ -z "${TRY_RUN}" ]; then
+    # download and install the edge package
+    [ ! -f /tmp/edge.package ] && wget --output-document=/tmp/edge.package ${EDGE_URL}
+    (
+        unzip -p /tmp/edge.package '*.deb' >/tmp/edge.deb &&
+            ${SUDO} dpkg -i /tmp/edge.deb
+    )
+    # download and install the control package
+    [ ! -f /tmp/codesys.package ] && wget --output-document=/tmp/codesys.package ${URL}
+    (
+        unzip -p /tmp/codesys.package '*codemeter*.deb' >/tmp/codemeter.deb &&
+            ${SUDO} dpkg -i /tmp/codemeter.deb
+        unzip -p /tmp/codesys.package '*codesyscontrol*.deb' >/tmp/codesys.deb &&
+            ${SUDO} dpkg -i /tmp/codesys.deb
+    )
+fi