reticulum - Added support for MeshChat to et-mode; enabled Reticulum to support multi-interface routing

scripts/install-meshchat.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author  : Gaston Gonzalez
+# Date    : 13 May 2026
+# Purpose : Install MeshChat for Reticulum
+set -e
+trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
+trap 'et-log "\"${last_command}\" command failed with exit code $?."' ERR
+
+. ./env.sh
+. ../overlay/opt/emcomm-tools/bin/et-common
+
+APP=ReticulumMeshChat
+VERSION=2.3.0
+INSTALL_DIR="/opt/${APP}-${VERSION}"
+INSTALL_BIN_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR}/bin"
+LINK_PATH="/opt/${APP}"
+
+DOWNLOAD_FILE="${APP}-v${VERSION}-linux.AppImage"
+URL="https://github.com/liamcottle/reticulum-meshchat/releases/download/v${VERSION}/${DOWNLOAD_FILE}"
+
+et-log "Installing ${APP} ${VERSION}..."
+
+if [[ ! -e ${DOWNLOAD_FILE} ]]; then
+  download_with_retries ${URL} ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}
+fi
+
+chmod -v 755 ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}
+
+[[ ! -e "${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}" ]] && mkdir -v -p "${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}"
+
+mv ${DOWNLOAD_FILE} ${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}
+
+ET_WRAPPER_SCRIPT="${ET_HOME}/bin/et-meshchat"
+
+et-log "Creating wrapper script: ${ET_WRAPPER_SCRIPT}"
+cat <<EOF > ${ET_WRAPPER_SCRIPT}
+#!/bin/bash
+
+${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}/${DOWNLOAD_FILE}
+EOF
+
+chmod -v 755 ${ET_WRAPPER_SCRIPT}

scripts/install.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Author  : Gaston Gonzalez
 # Date    : 16 March 2024
-# Updated : 11 May 2026
+# Updated : 13 May 2026
 # Purpose : Main installer for EmComm Tools Community (ETC)
 
 . ./env.sh
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ exitIfNotRoot
 # Security Patches
 ./patch-copy-fail.sh
 
-# Install Reticulum and NomadNet
+# Install Reticulum and related applications (NomadNet, MeshChat)
 ./install-reticulum.sh
+./install-meshchat.sh
 
 # Debrand Ubuntu
 ./debrand.sh