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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# moka icon theme install script
+
+tempdir="/tmp/moka"
+baseurl="https://github.com/snwh"
+repolist="moka-icon-theme
+      moka-icon-theme-extras
+      moka-icon-theme-symbolic
+      moka-icon-theme-dark
+      moka-icon-theme-blue"
+
+if [ $(whoami) != "root" ]; then
+    echo "you are not running this script with root privileges."
+    echo -e "installing moka-icon-theme only for $(whoami). continue? (y/n) \c"
+    read choice
+    if [ $choice != "y" ] && [ $choice != "Y" ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "you are running this script with root privileges."
+    echo -e "installing moka-icon-theme systemwide. continue? (y/n) \c"
+    read choice
+    if [ $choice != "y" ] && [ $choice != "Y" ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -d $tempdir ]; then
+    rm -r $tempdir
+fi
+
+echo "cloning repositories to $tempdir"
+for theme in $repolist; do
+    mkdir $tempdir; cd $tempdir
+    git clone $baseurl/$theme".git"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "you might not have git installed."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ $(whoami) != "root" ]; then
+        cp -r $tempdir/$theme/Mok* $HOME/.icons
+    else
+        cp -r $tempdir/$theme/Mok* /usr/share/icons
+    fi
+    cd -
+done
+
+echo "cleaning up"
+rm -r $tempdir
+echo "everything done"
+
+exit 0