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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ development workflow such as toolchain and SDK installations.
 
 ### Installation
 
+## MacOS
+
 On macOS `carton` can be installed with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/). Make sure you have Homebrew
 installed and then run:
 
@@ -40,18 +42,23 @@ brew install swiftwasm/tap/carton
 > If you can't install the latest carton via `brew upgrade swiftwasm/tap/carton`, please try `rm -rf $(brew --prefix)/Library/Taps/swiftwasm/homebrew-tap/ && brew tap swiftwasm/tap` and retry again. The `master` branch was renamed to `main`, so you need to update your local tap repo.
 
 
+## Linux
+
+To download carton and install it, run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions.
+Overall, this script ensures that Carton is installed or updated to the latest release on your system, making it ready for use.
+
+```
+curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swiftwasm/carton/main/carton-install.sh | bash
+```
+
+## Diocker
+
 `carton` is also available as a Docker image for Linux. You can pull it with this command:
 
 ```
 docker pull ghcr.io/swiftwasm/carton:latest
 ```
 
-If Docker images are not suitable for you, you'll have to build `carton` from sources on Ubuntu.
-Clone the repository and run `./install_ubuntu_deps.sh` in the root directory of the clone. After
-that completes successfully, run `swift build -c release`, the `carton` binary will be located in
-the `.build/release` directory after that. Unfortunately, other Linux distributions are currently
-not supported.
-
 ### Version compatibility
 
 `carton` previously embedded runtime parts of [the JavaScriptKit library](https://github.com/swiftwasm/JavaScriptKit).
diff --git a/carton-install.sh b/carton-install.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define the destination directory
+DEST="/usr/local/bin/carton"
+
+# Function to clean up files
+cleanup() {
+  # Clean up: Remove unnecessary files and the cloned repository
+  cd ..
+  rm -rf carton
+}
+
+# Check if the 'swift' command is available
+if [ ! -f "$HOME/.local/bin/swift" ]; then
+  echo "Swift is not installed. Installing Swift..."
+  
+  # Install Swift using swiftly-install.sh
+  curl -L https://swift-server.github.io/swiftly/swiftly-install.sh | bash
+  swiftly install latest
+
+  # Check if Swift installation was successful
+if [ ! -f "$HOME/.local/bin/swift" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to install Swift. Please check the installation and try again."
+    cleanup
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Clone the Carton repository
+git clone https://github.com/swiftwasm/carton.git
+cd carton
+
+# Find the latest release tag
+latest_tag=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
+
+# Checkout the latest release tag
+git checkout $latest_tag
+
+# Install dependencies
+./install_ubuntu_deps.sh
+
+# Build Carton
+swift build -c release
+
+# Check if the build was successful
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  # Remove the old Carton binary if it exists
+  if [ -f $DEST ]; then
+    sudo rm $DEST
+  fi
+
+  # Move the binary to the destination
+  sudo mv .build/release/carton $DEST
+
+  # Set the correct permissions
+  sudo chmod 755 $DEST
+
+  echo "Carton has been successfully built and updated to the newest release ($latest_tag) at $DEST."
+
+else
+  echo "Carton build failed. Please check the dependencies and try again."
+fi
+
+# Clean up in both success and failure cases
+cleanup
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