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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# A small shell script which download a single-binary / standalone build of VILLASnode and installs it
+#
+# Author: Steffen Vogel <steffen.vogel@opal-rt.com>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 OPAL-RT Germany GmbH
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+# Parameters
+INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR:-/usr/local/bin}
+INSTALL_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/villas"
+
+echo "==="
+echo "=== This script will download a single-binary / standalone build of VILLASnode and install it to ${INSTALL_PATH}"
+echo "==="
+
+# Create a temporary directory for the download
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf ${TMPDIR}' EXIT
+
+DOWNLOAD_PATH="${TMPDIR}/villas"
+
+# OS and architecture detection
+OS1=$(uname -s)
+OS=${OS1,,}
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+# Check if the OS is supported
+if [[ "${OS}" != "linux" ]]; then
+    echo "=== [error] Unsupported OS: ${OS}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${ARCH}" != "x86_64" && "${ARCH}" != "aarch64" ]]; then
+    echo "=== [error] Unsupported architecture: ${ARCH}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "=== [info]  Detected supported system: ${ARCH}-${OS}"
+
+GITLAB_URL="https://git.rwth-aachen.de"
+GITLAB_PROJECT="79039"
+GITLAB_BRANCH="master"
+GITLAB_ARTIFACT="artifacts/villas-${ARCH}-${OS}"
+GITLAB_JOB="build:nix: [${ARCH}-${OS}]"
+
+DOWNLOAD_URL="${GITLAB_URL}/api/v4/projects/${GITLAB_PROJECT}/jobs/artifacts/${GITLAB_BRANCH}/raw/${GITLAB_ARTIFACT}"
+
+echo "=== [info]  Downloading VILLASnode binary from ${GITLAB_URL} to ${DOWNLOAD_PATH}"
+
+if $(command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1); then
+    curl \
+        --get \
+        --location \
+        --header "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate" \
+        --output "${DOWNLOAD_PATH}" \
+        --data-urlencode "job=${GITLAB_JOB}" \
+         "${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
+else
+    echo "=== [error] curl is not available. Please install it."
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "=== [error] Failed to download VILLASnode binary from ${DOWNLOAD_URL}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+chmod +x "${DOWNLOAD_PATH}"
+
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "=== Warn:  Script started as non-root user."
+    echo "=== [info]  Elevating privileges with sudo ..."
+    SUDO="sudo"
+else
+    SUDO=""
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d "${INSTALL_DIR}" ]]; then
+    echo "=== [info]  Creating directory ${INSTALL_PATH%/*} ..."
+    ${SUDO} mkdir -p "${INSTALL_PATH%/*}"
+fi
+
+echo "=== [info]  Installing VILLASnode binary to ${INSTALL_PATH} ..."
+${SUDO} mv "${DOWNLOAD_PATH}" "${INSTALL_PATH}"
+
+echo "=== [info]  VILLASnode binary installed successfully to ${INSTALL_PATH}"
+echo "=== [info]  Installed VILLASnode version:"
+${INSTALL_PATH} node -V