From 70d1e88a02d8622f2ba232e6c1c685a921ad246a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AlpinDale <alpindale@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 19:17:01 +0430
Subject: [PATCH] Added a linux start script

---
 readme.md |  5 +++++
 start.sh  | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 start.sh

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 145bd5cbf..8f09e0c0e 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -106,12 +106,17 @@ https://rentry.org/TAI_Termux
 
 *NOTE: This branch is intended for local install purposes, and has not been thoroughly tested on a colab or other cloud notebook service.*
 
+### Windows
   1. install [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/en)
   2. download the zip from this GitHub repo
   3. unzip it into a folder of your choice
   4. run start.bat via double-clicking or in a command line.
   5. Once the server has prepared everything for you, it will open a tab in your browser.
 
+### Linux
+  1. Run the `start.sh` script.
+  2. Enjoy.
+
 ## Remote connections
 
 Most often this is for people who want to use SillyTavern on their mobile phones while at home.
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b6a254e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if ! command -v npm &> /dev/null
+then
+    read -p "npm is not installed. Do you want to install nodejs and npm? (y/n)" choice
+    case "$choice" in 
+      y|Y ) 
+        echo "Installing nvm..."
+        export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
+        [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+        curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
+        source ~/.bashrc
+        nvm install node;;
+      n|N ) 
+        echo "Nodejs and npm will not be installed."
+        exit;;
+      * ) 
+        echo "Invalid option. Nodejs and npm will not be installed."
+        exit;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+npm i
+node server.js
+