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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ============================================================
-# DEPRECATED — kept only to not break existing docs / workflows.
-# Forwards to the unified install.sh. Will be removed in a future
-# release.
-# ============================================================
-set -euo pipefail
-REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-echo "[install-fester.sh] deprecated — forwarding to install.sh" >&2
-# install-fester.sh's default behaviour was a system-wide deploy.
-# Map that to: deploy <BASE_DIR> + systemd + observability.
-BASE_DIR="${BASE_DIR:-/usr/share/cockpit/fester}"
-exec "$REPO_ROOT/install.sh" deploy "$BASE_DIR"