Installing icu4c (AKA libicu) on dreamhost

install icu4c

#!/bin/shell

echo "Hey, I heard you want to install libicu on Dreamhost... Let me help you out! :D"

if [ ! -d "$HOME/usr/local" ]; then
  mkdir -p ~/usr/local
fi

if [ -d "$HOME/icu" ]; then
  echo "Removing the folder ~/icu..."
  rm -rf $HOME/icu
fi

if [ ! -d "$HOME/icu" ]; then
  rm -rf icu4c-53_1-src.zip
  if [ ! -f "$HOME/icu4c-53_1-src.zip" ]; then
    clear
    echo "Downloading ICU with wget..."
    sleep 2
    cd $HOME
    wget http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/53.1/icu4c-53_1-src.zip
  fi
  if [ -f "$HOME/icu4c-53_1-src.zip" ]; then
    clear
    echo "Extracting source (Silently)..."
    sleep 2
    unzip --qq icu4c-53_1-src.zip
  fi
fi

if [ -d "$HOME/icu" ]; then
  echo "${green}Removing zip file...${NC}"
  rm -rf icu4c-53_1-src.zip
  cd $HOME/icu/source
  clear
  echo "Configuring icu... (This could take a while)"
  sleep 2
  ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/local
  if [ -d "$HOME/usr/local" ]; then
    clear
    echo "Compiling icu... with flag -j 2 (Makes it faster)"
    sleep 2
    make -j 2
    clear
    echo "Installing icu... with flag -j 2 (Makes it faster)"
    sleep 2
    make install -j 2
    rm -rf $HOME/icu
    clear
    (echo export PATH=$HOME/usr/local/bin:PATH; echo export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH) >> ~/.bash_profile
    clear
    echo "Injecting into your shell session..."
    sleep 2
    source ~/.bash_profile
    clear
    echo "Congratulations! You have installed libicu for your server... Now run your gem instalations with --with-icu-lib=$HOME/usr/local/lib --with-icu-include=$HOME/usr/local/include ."
  fi
fi

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