diff --git a/scripts/universal/install.sh b/scripts/universal/install.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/universal/install.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Please run script as root"
+  exit 1
+else	
+	if [ ! -f /bin/tidler ]; then
+		install -m 755 ../../src/tidler /bin/tidler
+	else
+		echo "TiDLer is already installed"
+	fi
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/universal/update.sh b/scripts/universal/update.sh
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index 0000000..a923221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/universal/update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Please run script as root"
+  	exit 1
+else
+	if [ -f /bin/tidler ]; then
+		cd ../../
+		git pull
+		install -m 755 src/tidler /bin/tidler
+	fi
+fi