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Thanks for the instructions.
I'll work in this and send a PR.

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I'll can take this one, if possible.

The script will also uncompress the .tar.gz ?
If so, what directory it will put the binary ?

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I'll can take this one, if possible.

The script will also uncompress the .tar.gz ?
If so, what directory it will put the binary ?

Thanks for considering contributing to the project! 😄

The script should download the binaries from the official releases using the latest app version, user operating system and architecture, as follows:

https://github.com/davrodpin/mole/releases/download/v0.2.0/mole0.2.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Here goes an example on how to get the latest release version:

$ curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/davrodpin/mole/releases/latest" | jq '.tag_name'
"v0.2.0"

And then it should uncompress the package and copy the binary to /usr/local/bin.

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While I'm working on this, the only "problem" I found is that, in order to extract the files in /usr/local/bin it may require administrative privileges.
It's ok to ask for permission using sudo, or you prefer another option ? (like extract in the current folder, although in that case the file move has to be done manually).

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To provide a better experience while installing the tool, let's use sudo, but let's use it only on the command that copies the binary to /usr/local/bin to avoid security-related issues.

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