diff --git a/install/install_arch.sh b/install/install_arch.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+EXECUTABLE='/usr/bin/onionr'
+OUTPUT_DIR='/usr/share/onionr'
+DATA_DIR='/etc/onionr'
+LOG_DIR='/var/log/onionr'
+
+BRANCH='master'
+
+set -e
+
+# require root permissions
+
+if ! [ $(id -u) = 0 ]; then
+   echo 'This script must be run as root.' >&2
+   exit 1337
+fi
+
+# install basic dependencies
+
+pacman --needed --noconfirm -S git curl python python-pip tor
+
+# get the repository
+
+rm -rf "$OUTPUT_DIR" "$DATA_DIR" "$LOG_DIR"
+
+git clone https://gitlab.com/beardog/onionr "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+
+cd "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+git checkout "$BRANCH"
+
+# install python dependencies
+
+pip3 install --no-input -r "$OUTPUT_DIR/requirements.txt" --require-hashes
+
+# create nologin onionr user if not exists
+
+id -u onionr &>/dev/null || useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin onionr
+
+chmod 755 "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+chown -R onionr:onionr "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+
+# create directories
+
+mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR/onionr/data" "$LOG_DIR"
+mv "$OUTPUT_DIR/onionr/data" "$DATA_DIR"
+
+chmod -R 750 "$DATA_DIR" "$LOG_DIR"
+chown -R onionr:onionr "$DATA_DIR" "$LOG_DIR"
+
+# create executable
+
+cp "$OUTPUT_DIR/install/onionr" "$EXECUTABLE"
+
+chmod 755 "$EXECUTABLE"
+chown root:root "$EXECUTABLE"
+
+# create systemd service
+
+SERVICE='/etc/systemd/system/onionr.service'
+
+cp "$OUTPUT_DIR/install/onionr.service" "$SERVICE"
+
+chmod 644 "$SERVICE"
+chown root:root "$SERVICE"
+
+systemctl enable onionr
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl start onionr
+
+# pretty header thing
+
+"$EXECUTABLE" --header 'Onionr successfully installed.'
+
+# and we're good!
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/install/onionr b/install/onionr
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+[ "root" != "$USER" ] && exec sudo $0 "$@"
+
+export OUTPUT_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR:=/usr/share/onionr}
+export DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR:=/etc/onionr}
+export LOG_DIR=${LOG_DIR:=/var/log/onionr}
+
+cd "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+exec su onionr -s /bin/sh -c "./onionr.sh ""$@"""
diff --git a/install/onionr.service b/install/onionr.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Onionr Daemon
+Requires=network.target tor.service
+After=network.target tor.service
+
+[Service]
+Environment="DATA_DIR=/usr/share/onionr"
+Environment="LOG_DIR=/var/log/onionr/"
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/onionr --start
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/onionr --stop
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=tor.service