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+# This is a simple script to assist in manually installing Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.0.1
+# and is primarily meant to help Linux users encountering https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/3681
+# Complete installers are expected to be available with a mid-September release rendering This
+# script unneccessary.  
+
+read -p "Download and install 1.0.1 now? (y/n) " answer
+
+if [ "$answer" == "y" ] || [ "$answer" == "Y" ]; then
+
+    d2=~/tmp-update
+    d3="Microsoft.NETCore.App/"
+    download="https://download.microsoft.com/download/B/0/0/B00543E8-54D9-4D4A-826B-84348956AA75/"
+
+    rid=$(dotnet --info | grep "RID" | cut -d ":" -f2)
+    rid="${rid##*( )}"
+
+    case $rid in
+        *osx*)
+            d1="/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/"
+        ;;
+        *ubuntu*)
+            d1="/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/"
+        ;;
+        *)
+            d1="/opt/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    echo
+    echo "dotnet identifies your machine as:" $rid
+    echo
+
+    case $rid in
+        *osx.10*)
+            archive="dotnet-osx-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *ubuntu.14*)
+            archive="dotnet-ubuntu-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *ubuntu.16*)
+            archive="dotnet-ubuntu.16.04-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *debian*)
+            archive="dotnet-debian-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *centos*)
+            archive="dotnet-centos-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *rhel*)
+            archive="dotnet-rhel-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *opensus.13*)
+            archive="dotnet-opensus.13.2-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+        *fedora.23*)
+            archive="dotnet-fedora.23-x64.1.0.1.tar.gz"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Create temp directory for the archive download
+    mkdir $d2 && cd $d2
+
+    # Get Microsoft.NETCore.App archive chosen above 
+    echo "Downloading:" $archive
+    curl -SL -O -# $download$archive
+
+    echo
+    echo "Extracting" $archive
+
+
+    # Extract /shared
+    tar -xvz -f $archive "./shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.1/"
+
+    # Move 1.0.1
+    echo
+    echo "Moving 1.0.1 to" $d1
+    sudo mv shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/1.0.1 $d1
+
+    echo
+    echo "Install complete."
+    echo
+
+else
+    echo
+	echo "Exiting install."
+    echo
+fi
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