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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+JOBS="$(nproc || echo 1)"
+
+rm -rf build
+mkdir build
+pushd build
+  git clone https://github.com/tdlib/td.git
+  pushd td
+    git checkout 7d41d9eaa58a6e0927806283252dc9e74eda5512 # v1.7.9 wasn't properly tagged
+    mkdir build
+    pushd build
+      cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+      make -j "${JOBS}"
+      make install DESTDIR=destdir
+    popd
+  popd
+  cmake -DTd_DIR="$(realpath .)"/td/build/destdir/usr/local/lib/cmake/Td/ -DNoVoip=True ..
+  make -j "${JOBS}"
+  echo "Now calling sudo make install"
+  sudo make install
+popd