diff --git a/minetestmapper-deps.sh b/minetestmapper-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/minetestmapper-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+customDie() {
+    echo
+    echo
+    echo "ERROR:"
+    echo "$1"
+    echo "You'll need to manually install:"
+    echo "libgd sqlite3 LevelDB hiredis Postgres"
+    echo
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+
+PACKAGE_TYPE=
+if [ -f "`command -v apt`" ]; then
+    INSTALL_CMD="apt -y install"
+    PACKAGE_TYPE="deb"
+elif [ -f "`command -v apt-get`" ]; then
+    INSTALL_CMD="apt-get -y install"
+    PACKAGE_TYPE="deb"
+elif [ -f "`command -v dnf`" ]; then
+    INSTALL_CMD="dnf -y install"
+    PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm"
+elif [ -f "`command -v yum`" ]; then
+    INSTALL_CMD="yum -y install"
+    PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm"
+else
+    customDie "Your package system is not implemented in this script."
+fi
+if [ "@$PACKAGE_TYPE" = "@deb" ]; then
+    sudo $INSTALL_CMD libgd-dev libsqlite3-dev libleveldb-dev libhiredis-dev libpq-dev
+elif [ "@$PACKAGE_TYPE" = "@rpm" ]; then
+    sudo $INSTALL_CMD gd-devel sqlite-devel leveldb-devel hiredis-devel libpq-devel
+else
+    customDie "The package names for your OS are unknown."
+fi
diff --git a/minetestmapper-web-install.sh b/minetestmapper-web-install.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/minetestmapper-web-install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+customDie() {
+    echo
+    echo
+    echo "ERROR:"
+    echo "$1"
+    echo
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+_REPO_NAME=minetestmapper
+if [ -z "$_INSTALL_PATH" ]; then
+    _INSTALL_PATH="$HOME/$_REPO_NAME"
+fi
+_EXE_NAME=minetestmapper
+_REPO_URL="https://github.com/minetest/$_REPO_NAME.git"
+if [ -z "$REPOS_PATH" ]; then
+    REPOS_PATH=~/Downloads/git
+fi
+mkdir -p $REPOS_PATH
+
+REPO_PATH="$REPOS_PATH/$_REPO_NAME"
+
+if [ ! -d "$REPOS_PATH" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$REPOS_PATH" || customDie "mkdir -p \"$REPOS_PATH\" failed."
+fi
+
+cd "$REPOS_PATH" || customDie "cd \"$REPOS_PATH\" failed."
+if [ -d "$REPO_PATH" ]; then
+    cd "$REPO_PATH" || customDie "cd \"$REPO_PATH\" failed."
+    git pull || customDie "git pull failed in `pwd`."
+else
+    git clone "$_REPO_URL" "$REPO_PATH" || customDie "git clone \"$_REPO_URL\" \"$REPO_PATH\" failed."
+fi
+echo "* compiling in `pwd`..."
+cmake . -DENABLE_LEVELDB=1 -DENABLE_POSTGRES=1 -DENABLE_REDIS=1 || customDie "cmake . failed in `pwd`."
+make -j$(nproc) || customDie "make failed in `pwd`."
+_EXE_PATH="`pwd`/$_EXE_NAME"
+if [ -f "$_EXE_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "* finished compiling \"$_EXE_PATH\""
+    mkdir -p "$_INSTALL_PATH" || "mkdir -p \"$_INSTALL_PATH\" failed."
+    #cp "$_EXE_PATH" "$_INSTALL_PATH" || "cp \"$_EXE_PATH\" \"$_INSTALL_PATH\" failed."
+    rsync -rtu "`pwd`/" "$_INSTALL_PATH" || "rsync -rtu \"`pwd`/\" \"$_INSTALL_PATH\" failed."
+    # -u: skip files that are newer on the receiver
+    EXE_DEST_PATH="$_INSTALL_PATH/$_EXE_NAME"
+    if [ -f "$EXE_DEST_PATH" ]; then
+        echo "* installed \"$EXE_DEST_PATH\""
+    else
+        customDie "* installing \"$EXE_DEST_PATH\" failed."
+    fi
+else
+    echo "* finished compiling in `pwd` (but $_EXE_PATH was not detected)"
+fi