diff --git a/tools/linux-installer/README b/tools/linux-installer/README
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+In order to use Magic Set Editor, you need to have libraries for wxGTK version 2.8. This can be acquired from the Ubuntu package libwxgtk2.8-0.
+
+To install Magic Set Editor, please extract this tarball if you haven't already, and then run the install script as root.
+Unfortunately, Magic Set Editor currently requires that it be installed to /usr/local/share/magicseteditor.
+If, after Magic Set Editor is installed, it complains about being unable to find data in a certain path, then your system
+is slightly different, and should be installed to that directory, minus the "/data". This can be done by modifying the install script.
+After the install script is run and loading is confirmed, you may delete all the contents of this tarball if you wish.
+
+Magic Set Editor stores data only in the primary installation directory and in ~/.magicseteditor.
+If you need to uninstall, removing these directories should completely purge your system.
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diff --git a/tools/linux-installer/install b/tools/linux-installer/install
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Magic Set Editor 2 beta.
+# This script and this program are licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2
+# The full text of this license is in the file COPYING
+
+# This script installs Magic Set Editor onto your system.
+# If executed as root (including via sudo), it is installed to /usr/local/share/magicseteditor. (with an executable symlink in /usr/local/bin)
+# If executed as any other user, it will fail.
+
+$VERSION=0.3.3
+
+case `id -un` in
+	root)
+		INSTALL_DIR='/usr/local/share/magicseteditor/';
+		EXEC_SYMLINK='/usr/local/bin/magicseteditor';;
+	*)
+		echo "Unfortunately, our installer system currently does not support installation except as root.
+This is because the program currently requires a specific data directory.
+Our apologies." && exit;;
+esac
+
+echo "Magic Set Editor version $VERSION Installer Script.
+
+Magic Set Editor will be installed to $INSTALL_DIR.
+A symbolic link to the executable will be put at $EXEC_SYMLINK.
+
+Is this correct [y/N]? ";
+
+read -n 1 CONFIRM;
+
+case $CONFIRM in
+	[yY])
+		:;;
+	*)
+		exit;;
+esac;
+
+echo "Installing...";
+
+mkdir "$INSTALL_DIR";
+cp -r program/* "$INSTALL_DIR";
+
+ln -s "$INSTALL_DIR/magicseteditor" "$EXEC_SYMLINK"
diff --git a/tools/linux-installer/tarball b/tools/linux-installer/tarball
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Magic Set Editor installer tarball generator.
+
+mkdir program
+
+cp -rP ../../data ../../src/resource ../../magicseteditor program;
+
+tar -cf magicseteditor.tar.gz --owner root --exclude=.* --exclude=*~ --exclude=.svn program install README;
+
+rm -rf program;
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