Latest rclone install script which installs only latest tagged version directly from github releases.

rclone_install_mirror.min.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# error codes
# 0 - exited without problems
# 1 - parameters not supported were used or some unexpected error occurred
# 2 - OS not supported by this script
# 3 - installed version of rclone is up to date
# 4 - supported unzip tools are not available

set -e

unzip_tools_list=('unzip' '7z' 'busybox')

usage() { echo "Usage: curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash" 1>&2; exit 1; }

tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'rclone-install.XXXXXXXXXX')
cd "$tmp_dir"

set +e
for tool in ${unzip_tools_list[*]}; do
    trash=$(hash "$tool" 2>>errors)
    if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        unzip_tool="$tool"
        break
    fi
done  
set -e

if [ -z "$unzip_tool" ]; then
    printf "\nNone of the supported tools for extracting zip archives (${unzip_tools_list[*]}) were found. "
    printf "Please install one of them and try again.\n\n"
    exit 4
fi

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=config

version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)
current_version="$(curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 2 https://api.github.com/repos/rclone/rclone/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)"

if [ "$version" = "$current_version" ]; then
    printf "\nThe latest version of rclone ${version} is already installed.\n\n"
    exit 3
fi

#detect the platform
OS="$(uname)"
case $OS in
  Linux)
    OS='linux'
    ;;
  Darwin)
    OS='osx'
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS not supported'
    exit 2
    ;;
esac

OS_type="$(uname -m)"
case "$OS_type" in
  x86_64|amd64)
    OS_type='amd64'
    ;;
  i?86|x86)
    OS_type='386'
    ;;
  aarch64|arm64)
    OS_type='arm64'
    ;;
  arm*)
    OS_type='arm'
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS type not supported'
    exit 2
    ;;
esac

download_link="https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/download/${current_version}/rclone-${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
rclone_zip="${download_link##*/}"

curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 2 "$download_link" -O
unzip_dir="tmp_unzip_dir_for_rclone"
case "$unzip_tool" in
  'unzip')
    unzip -a "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
    ;;
  '7z')
    7z x "$rclone_zip" "-o$unzip_dir"
    ;;
  'busybox')
    mkdir -p "$unzip_dir"
    busybox unzip "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
    ;;
esac

cd $unzip_dir/*

case "$OS" in
  'linux')
    cp rclone /usr/bin/rclone.new
    chmod 755 /usr/bin/rclone.new
    chown root:root /usr/bin/rclone.new
    mv /usr/bin/rclone.new /usr/bin/rclone
    ;;
  'osx')
    mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
    cp rclone /usr/local/bin/rclone.new
    mv /usr/local/bin/rclone.new /usr/local/bin/rclone 
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS not supported'
    exit 2
esac

version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)

printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
exit 0

rclone_install_mirror.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# error codes
# 0 - exited without problems
# 1 - parameters not supported were used or some unexpected error occurred
# 2 - OS not supported by this script
# 3 - installed version of rclone is up to date
# 4 - supported unzip tools are not available

set -e

#when adding a tool to the list make sure to also add its corresponding command further in the script
unzip_tools_list=('unzip' '7z' 'busybox')

usage() { echo "Usage: curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash" 1>&2; exit 1; }

#create tmp directory and move to it with macOS compatibility fallback
tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d -t 'rclone-install.XXXXXXXXXX')
cd "$tmp_dir"

#make sure unzip tool is available and choose one to work with
set +e
for tool in ${unzip_tools_list[*]}; do
    trash=$(hash "$tool" 2>>errors)
    if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
        unzip_tool="$tool"
        break
    fi
done  
set -e

# exit if no unzip tools available
if [ -z "$unzip_tool" ]; then
    printf "\nNone of the supported tools for extracting zip archives (${unzip_tools_list[*]}) were found. "
    printf "Please install one of them and try again.\n\n"
    exit 4
fi

# Make sure we don't create a root owned .config/rclone directory #2127
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=config

#check installed version of rclone to determine if update is necessary
version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)
current_version="$(curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 2 https://api.github.com/repos/rclone/rclone/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)"

if [ "$version" = "$current_version" ]; then
    printf "\nThe latest version of rclone ${version} is already installed.\n\n"
    exit 3
fi

#detect the platform
OS="$(uname)"
case $OS in
  Linux)
    OS='linux'
    ;;
  FreeBSD)
    OS='freebsd'
    ;;
  NetBSD)
    OS='netbsd'
    ;;
  OpenBSD)
    OS='openbsd'
    ;;  
  Darwin)
    OS='osx'
    ;;
  SunOS)
    OS='solaris'
    echo 'OS not supported'
    exit 2
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS not supported'
    exit 2
    ;;
esac

OS_type="$(uname -m)"
case "$OS_type" in
  x86_64|amd64)
    OS_type='amd64'
    ;;
  i?86|x86)
    OS_type='386'
    ;;
  aarch64|arm64)
    OS_type='arm64'
    ;;
  arm*)
    OS_type='arm'
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS type not supported'
    exit 2
    ;;
esac

#download and unzip
download_link="https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/download/${current_version}/rclone-${current_version}-${OS}-${OS_type}.zip"
rclone_zip="${download_link##*/}"

curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-connrefused --retry-delay 2 "$download_link" -O
unzip_dir="tmp_unzip_dir_for_rclone"
# there should be an entry in this switch for each element of unzip_tools_list
case "$unzip_tool" in
  'unzip')
    unzip -a "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
    ;;
  '7z')
    7z x "$rclone_zip" "-o$unzip_dir"
    ;;
  'busybox')
    mkdir -p "$unzip_dir"
    busybox unzip "$rclone_zip" -d "$unzip_dir"
    ;;
esac

cd $unzip_dir/*

#mounting rclone to environment

case "$OS" in
  'linux')
    #binary
    cp rclone /usr/bin/rclone.new
    chmod 755 /usr/bin/rclone.new
    chown root:root /usr/bin/rclone.new
    mv /usr/bin/rclone.new /usr/bin/rclone
    #manual
    if ! [ -x "$(command -v mandb)" ]; then
        echo 'mandb not found. The rclone man docs will not be installed.'
    else 
        mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
        cp rclone.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
        mandb
    fi
    ;;
  'freebsd'|'openbsd'|'netbsd')
    #binary
    cp rclone /usr/bin/rclone.new
    chown root:wheel /usr/bin/rclone.new
    mv /usr/bin/rclone.new /usr/bin/rclone
    #manual
    mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man1
    cp rclone.1 /usr/local/man/man1/
    makewhatis
    ;;
  'osx')
    #binary
    mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
    cp rclone /usr/local/bin/rclone.new
    mv /usr/local/bin/rclone.new /usr/local/bin/rclone
    #manual
    mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
    cp rclone.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/    
    ;;
  *)
    echo 'OS not supported'
    exit 2
esac

#update version variable post install
version=$(rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1)

printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
exit 0