snapshot of https://github.com/zulip/zulip.git @ 48c69911c7dd4e03b20552eb3bd77ad8151c1357 (2026-09-15)

scripts/setup/install

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Thin wrapper around the actual install script (scripts/lib/install).
+# The purpose of this wrapper is to log the full install script output
+# to /var/log/zulip/install.log for easy debugging.
+
+set -e
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: The installation script must be run as root." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+umask 022
+mkdir -p /var/log/zulip
+
+"$(dirname "$(dirname "$0")")/lib/install" "$@" 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/zulip/install.log
+failed=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+
+if [ "$failed" -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e '\033[0;31m'
+    echo "Zulip installation failed (exit code $failed)!"
+    echo
+    echo -n "The install process is designed to be idempotent, so you can retry "
+    echo -n "after resolving whatever issue caused the failure (there should be a traceback above). "
+    echo -n "A log of this installation is available in /var/log/zulip/install.log"
+    echo -e '\033[0m'
+    exit "$failed"
+fi