From 9c035715552afb56fe58e5a16f76b9311305ae90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cclohmar <claus.lohmar@lohmar.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:34:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build: installer supports download of pre-built binary, no Go
 required for end users

---
 VERSION    |  2 +-
 install.sh | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 76447f6..cbe2641 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026.6.0001
+2026.6.0002
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2ce3ed9..15dc198 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -177,30 +177,57 @@ ENVEOF
 [ "$MODE" = "install" ] && gather_inputs
 
 # ============================================================
-# BUILD
+# GET BINARY (build from source or download release)
 # ============================================================
-header "── Building ──"
-if ! command -v go &>/dev/null; then
-    error "Go 1.22+ required"
+header "── Getting Binary ──"
+VERSION=$(cat "$REPO_DIR/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
+RELEASE_URL="https://git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/releases/download/v${VERSION}"
+BINARY_TARGET="$REPO_DIR/app/core"
+
+if command -v go &>/dev/null; then
+    # --- Dev mode: compile from source ---
+    info "Go detected — building from source"
+
+    cd "$REPO_DIR/src"
+    BUILD_TIME=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
+
+    info "Running tests..."
+    go test -count=1 ./... 2>&1 | tail -2 || warn "Some tests failed — continuing"
+
+    info "Compiling (${VERSION})..."
+    go build -ldflags="-s -w \
+        -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.Version=${VERSION} \
+        -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.BuildTime=${BUILD_TIME} \
+        -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.CommitSHA=${COMMIT_SHA}" \
+        -o "$BINARY_TARGET" .
+    success "Built: app/core (${VERSION})"
+
+elif command -v wget &>/dev/null || command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+    # --- User mode: download pre-built binary ---
+    info "No Go — downloading pre-built binary"
+    info "Release: ${RELEASE_URL}/core"
+
+    if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+        HTTP_CODE=$(curl -sL --max-time 30 -w "%{http_code}" -o "$BINARY_TARGET" "${RELEASE_URL}/core")
+    else
+        HTTP_CODE=$(wget -q --timeout=30 -O "$BINARY_TARGET" "${RELEASE_URL}/core" 2>&1; echo $?)
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${HTTP_CODE:-0}" = "200" ] || [ -s "$BINARY_TARGET" ]; then
+        chmod +x "$BINARY_TARGET" 2>/dev/null || true
+        success "Downloaded: ${VERSION}"
+    else
+        rm -f "$BINARY_TARGET"
+        error "Binary not found at ${RELEASE_URL}/core"
+        error "Build from source: clone repo and run with Go installed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    error "Need Go (to build) or wget/curl (to download). Install one."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cd "$REPO_DIR/src"
-VERSION=$(cat "$REPO_DIR/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "dev")
-BUILD_TIME=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-COMMIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
-
-info "Running tests..."
-go test -count=1 ./... 2>&1 | tail -2 || warn "Some tests failed — continuing"
-
-info "Compiling (${VERSION})..."
-go build -ldflags="-s -w \
-    -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.Version=${VERSION} \
-    -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.BuildTime=${BUILD_TIME} \
-    -X git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/core/version.CommitSHA=${COMMIT_SHA}" \
-    -o "$REPO_DIR/app/core" .
-success "Binary built: app/core (${VERSION})"
-
 # ============================================================
 # INSTALL
 # ============================================================