diff --git a/scripts/developer-mode-setup.sh b/scripts/developer-mode-setup.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Script to automate the steps needed to make a cloned project repo runnable on the path
+# (beware of PATH having some other file with the same name ahead of ours)
+if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
+    set -x
+    echo PATH is $PATH
+fi
+python3 -m venv venv
+source ./venv/bin/activate
+pip install --editable .
+pip install shiv
diff --git a/scripts/first_time_setup.sh b/scripts/first_time_setup.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-python3 -m venv venv
-source ./venv/bin/activate
-pip install --editable .
-pip install shiv
-shiv -c laconic-so -o laconic-so .
-./laconic-so --verbose --local-stack setup-repositories
diff --git a/scripts/quick-install-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/quick-install-ubuntu.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
+    set -x
+fi
+
+install_dir=~/bin
+
+# First display a reasonable warning to the user unless run with -y
+if ! [[ $# -eq 1 && $1 == "-y" ]]; then
+  echo "**************************************************************************************"
+  echo "This script requires sudo privilege. It installs Laconic Stack Orchestrator"
+  echo "into: ${install_dir}. It also *removes* any existing docker installed on"
+  echo "this machine and then installs the latest docker release as well as other"
+  echo "required packages."
+  echo "Only proceed if you are sure you want to make those changes to this machine."
+  echo "**************************************************************************************"
+  read -p "Are you sure you want to proceed? " -n 1 -r
+  echo
+  if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# This script assumes root permissions on a fresh Ubuntu Digital Ocean droplet
+# with these recommended specs: 16 GB Memory / 8 Intel vCPUs / 320 GB Disk
+
+# TODO:
+#   Check python3 is available
+#   Check machine resources are sufficient
+
+# dismiss the popups
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+## https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
+## https://superuser.com/questions/518859/ignore-packages-that-are-not-currently-installed-when-using-apt-get-remove1
+packages_to_remove="docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc"
+installed_packages_to_remove=""
+for package_to_remove in $(echo $packages_to_remove); do
+  $(dpkg --info $package_to_remove &> /dev/null)
+  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    installed_packages_to_remove="$installed_packages_to_remove $package_to_remove"
+  fi
+done
+
+# Enable stop on error now, since we needed it off for the code above
+set -euo pipefail  ## https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/
+
+if [[ -n "${installed_packages_to_remove}" ]]; then
+  echo "**************************************************************************************"
+  echo "Removing existing docker packages"
+  sudo apt -y remove $installed_packages_to_remove
+fi
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+echo "Installing dependencies"
+sudo apt -y update
+
+# laconic-so depends on jq
+sudo apt -y install jq
+# laconic-so depends on git
+sudo apt -y install git
+# curl used below
+sudo apt -y install jq
+# docker repo add depends on gnupg and updated ca-certificates
+sudo apt -y install ca-certificates gnupg
+
+# Add dockerco package repository
+sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+echo \
+  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
+  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+
+# Penny in the update jar
+sudo apt -y update
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+echo "Installing docker"
+sudo apt -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+
+# Allow the current user to use Docker
+sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+echo "Installing laconic-so"
+# install latest `laconic-so`
+install_filename=${install_dir}/laconic-so
+mkdir -p  ${install_dir}
+curl -L -o ${install_filename} https://github.com/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator/releases/latest/download/laconic-so
+chmod +x ${install_filename}
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+# Check if our PATH line is already there
+path_add_command="export PATH=\$PATH:${install_dir}"
+if ! grep -q "${path_add_command}" ~/.profile
+then
+  echo "Adding this line to the end of ~/.profile:"
+  echo ${path_add_command}
+  echo ${path_add_command} >> ~/.profile
+fi
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+# PATH set here for commands run in this script
+export PATH=$PATH:${install_dir}
+echo Installed laconic-so version: $(laconic-so version)
+
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+echo "The Laconic Stack Orchestrator program laconic-so has been installed at ${install_filename}"
+echo "The directory ${install_dir} has been added to PATH in *new* shells via ~/.profile"
+echo "**************************************************************************************"
+# Message the user to check docker is working for them
+echo "Please log in again (docker will not work in this current shell) then:"
+echo "test that docker is correctly installed and working for your user by running the"
+echo "command below (it should print a message beginning \"Hello from Docker!\"):"
+echo
+echo "docker run hello-world"
+echo