René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Add an `install.sh` for easy install","articleBody":"### Relevant sub-area for this feature?\n\nPDE\n\n### Feature details\n\n#### Feature description\nWe are about to add a `nix` distribution and `FlatHub` distribution to Processing, making installation on Linux a little bit more complicated. To solve this it would be helpful to create an `install.sh` script that will scan the system for the best installation method and then continue with installing Processing in that chosen way.\nWould be cool if an override method could also be selected. \n\n#### Benefits\nThis will greatly simplify how Processing is installed on Linux, simplifying the command to `curl https://processing.org/install.sh | sh` \n\n#### Challenges\n- Creating a maintainable script and linking to it from the website might be a challenge.\n- Detecting the proper installation methods is hard to test\n\n#### Additional context\nIdea: @catilac \n\n\n### Would you like to help implement this feature?\n\nNo, I’m just suggesting the feature","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Stefterv","@type":"Person","name":"Stefterv"},"datePublished":"2026-02-09T14:12:13.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":11},"url":"https://github.com/1425/processing4/issues/1425"}