diff --git a/README.install b/README.install
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--- a/README.install
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Installation of ZX
-
-For more complete installation information see the docs here:
-Download/Install page: https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/download.en.html
-
-Linux/BSD/OSX/*nix:
-To install this program from the current bundle make the install_unix script
-executable and run it. ZX will expect you to have $HOME/bin in your $PATH,
-though it can install without this (though it may not successfully update
-itself after installation). To uninstall make the uninstall_unix script
-executable and run it.
-
-Windows:
-Download the Windows installer from the download page (linked above).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cb8108..9a35d9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,34 @@
 # ZX: The Zomp client
-TLDR: If you have ZX on your system, "zx run [program name]" will launch any Erlang-based program that exists in the Zomp system.
-"zx create project" will start a project for you.
+ZX is four things:
+
+1. An end-user client for the Zomp package distribution system
+2. A suite of code development and packaging tools in Erlang for Erlang
+3. The back-end of Vapor, the Erlang GUI launcher and app browser
+4. A runtime service for Erlang programs that need resources or notifications from Zomp
+
+ZX and Zomp are developed with ZX and hosted with Zomp, so after initial installation keeping up to date is simple.
+
+If you have ZX on your system, `zx run [program name]` will launch a program.
+
+`zx create project` will start a project for you.
+
 Read the [docs](http://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/) for more.
 
-Zomp is a from-source code repository and distributed distribution system.
-ZX is a front-end for that system that incorporates developer tools with end-user launching functionality.
-
 ## Docs
-http://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/
+[http://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/](http://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/)
 
 ## Code
-https://gitlab.com/zxq9/zx/
+[https://gitlab.com/zxq9/zx/](https://gitlab.com/zxq9/zx/)
+
+# Installation
+For complete installation information see the [installation page](https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/qs.install.en.html).
+
+## Linux/BSD/OSX/*nix:
+To install this program from the current bundle make the `install_unix` script
+executable and run it. ZX will expect you to have `$HOME/bin` in your $PATH,
+though it can install without this (though it may not successfully update
+itself after installation). To uninstall make the `uninstall_unix` script
+executable and run it.
+
+## Windows:
+Download the Windows installer from the [download page](https://zxq9.com/projects/zomp/download.en.html).
diff --git a/install b/install
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+++ b/install
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+zomp_dir="$HOME"/zomp
+bin="$HOME"/bin
+
+cd "$(dirname $(realpath $0))"
+chmod +x uninstall
+
+if [ -d "$zomp_dir" ]
+  then
+    echo "Installation directory $zomp_dir already exists. Aborting."
+    exit 17
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$bin" ]
+  then
+    echo "$bin does not exist. Creating it."
+    mkdir "$bin"
+fi
+
+if [[ ":$PATH:" == *":$bin:"* ]]
+  then
+    echo "$bin was found in \$PATH. Good to go."
+  else
+    echo "$bin was not found in \$PATH. Adding it."
+    export PATH="$bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+for rc in "$HOME/.profile" "$HOME/.bashrc" "$HOME/.bash_profile"
+  do
+    if grep -q "PATH=\"\$HOME/bin:\$PATH\"" "$rc"
+      then
+        echo "Path adjustment found in $rc."
+      else
+        echo "Path adjustment not found in $rc. Adding it."
+        echo "export PATH=\"\$HOME/bin:\$PATH\"" >> "$rc"
+    fi
+  done
+
+cp -r zomp "$zomp_dir"
+cp unix/zx "$zomp_dir"
+cp unix/zxh "$zomp_dir"
+cp README.md "$zomp_dir"
+cp LICENSE "$zomp_dir"
+cp uninstall "$zomp_dir"
+ln -s "$zomp_dir"/zx "$bin"/zx
+ln -s "$zomp_dir"/zxh "$bin"/zxh
+
+if zx_link=$(command -v zx)
+  then
+    echo "zx found at $zx_link. Checking for upgrade."
+    echo "Running \`zx upgrade\`..."
+    zx upgrade
+  else
+    echo "zx is not yet in \$PATH."
+    echo "Add zx's location ($HOME/bin) to \$PATH run \`zx upgrade\`."
+fi
diff --git a/install.escript b/install.escript
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index 5f608f6..0000000
--- a/install.escript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env escript
-
-%% ZX install script
-
--mode(compile).
-
--spec main(Argv :: [string()]) -> no_return().
-
-main(_) ->
-    ok = io:setopts([{encoding, unicode}]),
-    OS = os:type(),
-    ZompDir = zomp_dir(OS),
-    case filelib:is_dir(ZompDir) of
-        true ->
-            Message = "Installation directory (~ts) already exists. Aborting.~n",
-            ok = io:format(Message, [ZompDir]),
-            halt(0);
-        false ->
-            unpack(OS, ZompDir)
-    end.
-
-
--spec unpack(OS, ZompDir) -> no_return()
-    when OS      :: {Family :: unix | win32,
-                     Name   :: atom()},
-         ZompDir :: file:filename().
-
-unpack(OS, ZompDir) ->
-    BaseDir = filename:dirname(ZompDir),
-    {ok, Files} = zip:extract("zomp.zip", [{cwd, BaseDir}]),
-    ok = io:format("Extracted: ~tp~n", [Files]),
-    add_launcher(OS, ZompDir).
-
-
--spec add_launcher(OS, ZompDir) -> no_return()
-    when OS      :: {Family :: unix | win32,
-                     Name   :: atom()},
-         ZompDir :: file:filename().
-
-add_launcher({unix, linux}, ZompDir) ->
-    ok = add_unix_link(ZompDir),
-    halt(0);
-add_launcher({unix, _}, ZompDir) ->
-    ok = add_unix_link(ZompDir),
-    halt(0);
-add_launcher({win32, nt}, ZompDir) ->
-    ok = add_windows_link(ZompDir),
-    halt(0).
-
-
--spec add_unix_link(ZompDir) -> ok
-    when ZompDir :: file:filename().
-
-add_unix_link(ZompDir) ->
-    Home = filename:dirname(ZompDir),
-    Link  = filename:join(Home, "bin/zx"),
-    LinkH = filename:join(Home, "bin/zxh"),
-    HomeBin = filename:dirname(Link),
-    Target  = filename:join(ZompDir, "zx"),
-    TargetH = filename:join(ZompDir, "zxh"),
-    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(Link),
-    LinkCommand  = "env LANG=en ln -s " ++ Target ++ " " ++ Link,
-    LinkCommandH = "env LANG=en ln -s " ++ TargetH ++ " " ++ LinkH,
-    ModeCommand  = "env LANG=en chmod +x " ++ Target,
-    ModeCommandH = "env LANG=en chmod +x " ++ TargetH,
-    ok = os_cmd(LinkCommand),
-    ok = os_cmd(LinkCommandH),
-    ok = os_cmd(ModeCommand),
-    ok = os_cmd(ModeCommandH),
-    Path = os:getenv("PATH"),
-    Parts = string:lexemes(Path, ":"),
-    Message =
-        case lists:member(HomeBin, Parts) of
-            true ->
-                "A link to ~ts has been created at ~ts.~n"
-                "~ts seems to be in $PATH already.~n"
-                "You should be able to run any Zomp/ZX program as a normal shell~n"
-                "command by typing `zx`, or with an Erlang shell attached by~n"
-                "typing `zxh` from anywhere in your system.~n";
-            false ->
-                "A link to ~ts has been created at ~ts. "
-                "~ts seems to be NOT in your $PATH. "
-                "You will need to add that to $PATH if you want to be able to run~n"
-                "zx by simply typing `zx` (or zxh to attach an Erlang shell) from~n"
-                "anywhere in your system.~n"
-        end,
-    io:format(Message, [Target, Link, HomeBin]).
-
-
--spec add_windows_link(ZompDir) -> ok
-    when ZompDir :: file:filename().
-
-add_windows_link(ZompDir) ->
-    Home = filename:join(os:getenv("HOMEDRIVE"), os:getenv("HOMEPATH")),
-    Launcher  = filename:join(ZompDir, "zx.cmd"),
-    LauncherH = filename:join(ZompDir, "zxh.cmd"),
-    Vapor     = filename:join(ZompDir, "vapor.cmd"),
-    Target  = filename:join(Home, "zx.cmd"),
-    TargetH = filename:join(Home, "zxh.cmd"),
-    VaporL  = filename:join([Home, "Desktop", "Vapor.cmd"]),
-    {ok, _} = file:copy(Launcher,  Target),
-    {ok, _} = file:copy(LauncherH, TargetH),
-    {ok, _} = file:copy(Vapor,     VaporL),
-    Message =
-        "`zx` and `zxh` launch scripts have been added to ~p~n"
-        "(available from cmd.exe in your home directory)~n"
-        "A GUI program launcher script has been added to the desktop.~n",
-    io:format(Message, [Home]).
-
-
--spec os_cmd(Command :: string()) -> ok.
-
-os_cmd(Command) ->
-    case os:cmd(Command) of
-        "" ->
-            ok;
-        Output ->
-            ok = io:format("Output of: ~tp~n", [Command]),
-            io:format("~ts~n", [Output])
-    end.
-
-
--spec zomp_dir(OS) -> file:filename()
-    when OS :: {Family :: unix | win32,
-                Name   :: atom()}.
-%% @private
-%% Check the host OS and return the absolute path to the zomp filesystem root.
-
-zomp_dir({unix, _}) ->
-    Home = os:getenv("HOME"),
-    filename:join(Home, "zomp");
-zomp_dir({win32, _}) ->
-    Path = os:getenv("LOCALAPPDATA"),
-    filename:join(Path, "zomp");
-zomp_dir(Unknown) ->
-    Message = "zx_install: ERROR Unknown host system type: ~tp",
-    ok = io:format(Message, [Unknown]),
-    halt(1).
diff --git a/install_unix b/install_unix
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@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-
-if escript_path=$(command -v escript)
-  then
-    echo "Using escript found at $escript_path"
-    escript install.escript
-    if zx_link=$(command -v zx)
-      then
-        echo "zx found in \$PATH at $zx_link. Checking for upgrade."
-        echo "Running \`zx upgrade\`..."
-        zx upgrade
-      else
-        echo "zx is not yet in \$PATH. Once you have added zx's location to \$PATH run \`zx upgrade\`."
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "Could not locate an Erlang installation."
-fi
diff --git a/packup b/packup
index 87345d0..02752cd 100755
--- a/packup
+++ b/packup
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env escript
+#! /bin/bash
 
--mode(compile).
-
-main(_) ->
-    {ok, BV} = file:read_file("zomp/etc/version.txt"),
-    Version = string:strip(binary_to_list(BV), both, $\n),
-    Inner = "zomp.zip",
-    Outer = "zx-" ++ Version ++ ".zip",
-    {ok, Inner} = zip:create(Inner, ["zomp"]),
-    Files =
-        ["install.escript",
-         "install_unix",
-         "uninstall_unix",
-         "README.md",
-         "README.install",
-         "LICENSE",
-         Inner],
-    {ok, Outer} = zip:create(Outer, Files),
-    ok = file:delete(Inner),
-    ok = io:format("~ts~n", [Outer]),
-    halt(0).
+version=$(head -n1 zomp/etc/version.txt)
+name=zx-"$version"
+archive_gz="$name".tar.gz
+archive_xz="$name".tar.xz
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+zxtmp="$tmpdir"/"$name"
+mkdir "$zxtmp"
+cp -r zomp "$zxtmp"
+cp -r unix "$zxtmp"
+cp install uninstall README.md LICENSE "$zxtmp" 
+tar -C "$tmpdir" -zcf "$PWD/$archive_gz" "$name"
+tar -C "$tmpdir" -Jcf "$PWD/$archive_xz" "$name"
+rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+echo "$archive_xz"
diff --git a/uninstall_unix b/uninstall
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rename from uninstall_unix
rename to uninstall
diff --git a/zomp/zx b/unix/zx
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rename from zomp/zx
rename to unix/zx
diff --git a/zomp/zxh b/unix/zxh
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rename from zomp/zxh
rename to unix/zxh
diff --git a/vapor.cmd b/windows/vapor.cmd
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rename from vapor.cmd
rename to windows/vapor.cmd
diff --git a/zomp/zx.cmd b/windows/zx.cmd
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rename from zomp/zx.cmd
rename to windows/zx.cmd
diff --git a/zomp/zxh.cmd b/windows/zxh.cmd
similarity index 100%
rename from zomp/zxh.cmd
rename to windows/zxh.cmd