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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Part of the PsychoPy library
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Jonathan Peirce (C) 2019-2024 Open Science Tools Ltd.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
+
+import subprocess
+import os
+import sys
+import requests
+
+"""This script will install PsychoPy to the current Python environment. 
+
+For Linux installations, the script will fetch the supported linux distros for wxPython 
+and interactively select the distro and version to download the appropriate .whl file.
+
+After that the script will install PsychoPy using pip.
+
+NB: At present, for windows and MacOS you may as well just use `pip install psychopy` but
+in the future we may add some additional functionality here, like adding application 
+shortcuts, checking/recommending virtual envs etc.
+"""
+
+# Author: Florian Osmani
+# Author: Jonathan Peirce
+
+wxLinuxUrl = "https://extras.wxpython.org/wxPython4/extras/linux/gtk3/"
+
+def installWhlFile(whlUrl):
+    """Installs a single specified wheel file using pip"""
+    wheel_path = os.path.basename(whlUrl)
+    subprocess.run([sys.exectuable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-U', '-f', wheel_path, 'wxPython'], check=True)
+
+def installPsychoPy():
+    """Runs pip install psychopy"""
+    subprocess.run([sys.exectuable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', 'psychopy'], check=True)
+
+def getWxUrl(distroNames=None):
+    """Fetch the supported linux distros for wx and interactively select the 
+    distro and version to download the appropriate .whl file.
+
+    Args:
+        distroNames (_type_, optional): _description_. Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: URL of the wheel for the selected distro/version
+    """    
+    def extractDistroNames(url):
+        """Extract the names of the linux distributions from the html content"""
+
+        response = requests.get(url)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+        distro_names = []
+        lines = response.text.split('\n')
+        for line in lines:
+            if '<a href="' in line and '/"' in line:
+                start_index = line.find('<a href="') + len('<a href="')
+                end_index = line.find('/"', start_index)
+                distro_name = line[start_index:end_index]
+                distro_names.append(distro_name)
+        return distro_names
+    
+    def saveDistroData(distro_names, filename):
+        """Saves text file with distro names if needed for future use"""
+        with open(filename, 'w') as file:
+            for distro_name in distro_names:
+                file.write(distro_name + '\n')
+                
+    def getWxSupportedDistros(outfile=None):
+        """Find all the linux distributions tha twxPython has wheels for"""
+        distro_names = extractDistroNames(wxLinuxUrl)
+        if outfile:
+            saveDistroData(distro_names, outfile)
+            print(f"Distro data saved to {outfile}")
+        return distro_names
+
+    if distroNames is None:
+        distroNames = getWxSupportedDistros()
+    version_info = sys.version_info
+    if version_info.minor < 8 or version_info.minor > 10:
+        print("Sorry, please use Python 3.8, 3.9, or 3.10 to install Psychopy")
+        return None
+
+    python_cp = f"cp{version_info.major}{version_info.minor}"
+
+    def selectDistro(distroNames):
+        print("Please select your Linux distribution:")
+        for i, distro in enumerate(distroNames):
+            print(f"{i + 1}. {distro}")
+
+        while True:
+            choice = input("Enter your choice (number): ")
+            if choice.isdigit() and 1 <= int(choice) <= len(distroNames):
+                return distroNames[int(choice) - 1]
+            else:
+                print("Invalid choice, please try again.")
+
+    def organizeDistributions(distroNames):
+        distroDict = {}
+        for distro in distroNames:
+            nameParts = distro.split('-')
+            distroName = '-'.join(nameParts[:-1])
+            version = nameParts[-1] if len(nameParts) > 1 else 'default'
+
+            if distroName in distroDict:
+                distroDict[distroName].append(version)
+            else:
+                distroDict[distroName] = [version]
+
+        return distroDict
+
+    def selectVersion(selectedDistro, versions):
+        while True:
+            print("Please select the version:")
+            for i, version in enumerate(versions):
+                print(f"{i + 1}. {selectedDistro}-{version}")
+            print("0. Go back")
+
+            choice = input("Enter your choice (number): ")
+            if choice.isdigit():
+                choice = int(choice)
+                if 1 <= choice <= len(versions):
+                    return versions[choice - 1]
+                elif choice == 0:
+                    return None
+            print("Invalid choice, please try again.")
+
+    def fetchWhlFiles(htmlContent, pythonVersions):
+        all = []
+        recommended = []
+        lines = htmlContent.split('\n')
+        for line in lines:
+            if '<a href="' in line and '.whl"' in line:
+                start_index = line.find('<a href="') + len('<a href="')
+                end_index = line.find('"', start_index)
+                whl_file = line[start_index:end_index]
+                all.append(whl_file)
+                if pythonVersions in line:
+                    recommended.append(whl_file)
+        return recommended, all
+
+    organizedDistros = organizeDistributions(distroNames)
+
+    # go through the process of selecting the distro and version and
+    # return the url of the .whl file when the user has decided
+    while True:
+        selectedDistro = selectDistro(list(organizedDistros.keys()))
+        print(f"You have selected the distribution: {selectedDistro}")
+
+        selectedVersion = selectVersion(selectedDistro, organizedDistros[selectedDistro])
+        if selectedVersion is None:
+            print("Going back to distro selection...")
+            continue
+
+        print(f"You have selected version: {selectedDistro}-{selectedVersion}")
+
+        distroUrl = f"{wxLinuxUrl}{selectedDistro}-{selectedVersion}/"
+        print(f"Found valid .whl files at: {distroUrl}")
+
+        response = requests.get(distroUrl)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        htmlThisDistro = response.text
+
+        recommended, all = fetchWhlFiles(htmlThisDistro, pythonVersions=python_cp)
+
+        if recommended:
+            return distroUrl + recommended[-1]
+        else:
+            if all:
+                print(f"No .whl files for python {python_cp}")
+                allPretty = '\n- '+('\n- '.join(all))
+                print(f"Found the following .whl files at {distroUrl}:{allPretty}")
+            else:
+                print(f"No .whl files found at {distroUrl}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # install wxPython
+    wxWhl = getWxUrl()  # for linux fetches the supported distros and interactively selects the distro and version
+    if wxWhl:
+        installWhlFile(wxWhl)
+
+    # then install the rest of psychopy
+    installPsychoPy()
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