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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+for i in node npm git; do
+	if ! command -v $i &> /dev/null; then
+    	echo ">> $i could not be found, please install"
+		exit
+	fi
+done
+
+# http-server not pulled, pulling
+if [ ! -d "./http-server" ]; then
+	echo ">> This script will pull a lightweight nodejs http-server from https://github.com/http-party/http-server and make ./public avaiable as local http service, are you okay with this?"
+	read -p "Continue (y/n)?" choice
+	case "$choice" in 
+  		y|Y ) echo "yes";;
+  		n|N ) echo "no";;
+  		* ) echo "invalid";;
+	esac
+	git clone https://github.com/http-party/http-server
+fi
+
+# http-server depends not pulled, pulling
+if [ ! -d "http-server/node_modules/" ]; then
+	echo ">> http-server dependencies not pulled, pulling"
+	npm --prefix ./http-server i
+fi
+
+# website not built, building
+if [ ! -d "./public" ]; then
+	echo ">> website not build, building"
+	ikiwiki --setup ./ikiwiki.setup
+fi
+
+# starting server
+echo ">> starting http server"
+node ./http-server/bin/http-server -c-1 ./public