Major refactoring effort underway.

scripts/install-depdendencies.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#####################################################################
+# This script attempts to install the appopriate build dependencies #
+# for the host system.                                              #
+#                                                                   #
+# This is primarily developed on the latest Ubuntu LTS release and  #
+# MacOS; other platforms are not supported.                         #
+#####################################################################
+
+set -eu
+
+AUTOMATED_MODE=${AUTOMATED_MODE:-}
+
+install_debianesque () {
+	APTARGS=""
+
+	if [ ! -z "${AUTOMATED_MODE}" ]
+	then
+		APTARGS="-y"
+	fi
+
+	echo "[+] distribution is ${DISTRIB_ID}, choosing Debianesque install."
+
+	if [ -z "$(command -v cmake)" ]
+	then
+		./scripts/install-cmake-debian.sh
+
+	echo "[+] installing tools"
+	sudo apt-get $APTARGS install git cmake clang scdoc python3-pip
+
+	( cd docs/ && python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt )
+}
+
+install_unsupported () {
+	echo "[+] distribution is ${DISTRIB_ID}, choosing Redhat install."
+	echo "[!] This distribution is unsupported." > /dev/stderr
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+install_macos () {
+	# TODO: consider supporting macports?
+	echo "[+] host system is MacOS"
+
+	echo "[+] installing tools"
+	brew install git cmake scdoc
+
+	echo "[+] installing libraries and development headers"
+	# TODO: look up proper package names in homebrew
+}
+
+
+install_linux () {
+	echo "[+] host system is Linux"
+	[[ -f "/etc/lsb-release" ]] && source /etc/lsb-release
+	if [ -z "${DISTRIB_ID}" ]
+	then
+		if [ -d /etc/apt ]
+		then
+			DISTRIB_ID="apt-based"
+		else
+			DISTRIB_ID="unsupported/unknown"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	case ${DISTRIB_ID} in
+		Ubuntu)		install_debianesque ;;
+		Debian)		install_debianesque ;;
+		apt-based)	install_debianesque ;;
+		*)
+			echo "[!] distribution ${DISTRIB_ID} isn't supported in this script." > /dev/null
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+
+case "$(uname -s)" in
+	Linux)		install_linux ;;
+	Darwin)		install_macos ;;
+	*)
+		echo "[!] platform $(uname -s) isn't supported in this script." > /dev/null
+		;;
+esac
+
+