install_lms.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Extract the `lms` CLI binary from the LM Studio AppImage and bootstrap it.
# Run AFTER the AppImage has finished downloading to /tmp/LM_Studio.AppImage.
set -euo pipefail

APPIMAGE="/tmp/LM_Studio.AppImage"
EXTRACT_DIR="$HOME/Applications/LMStudio/squashfs-root"
BIN_DIR="$HOME/.lmstudio/bin"

echo "==> Verifying AppImage integrity"
if [ ! -s "$APPIMAGE" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: $APPIMAGE missing or empty" >&2
  exit 1
fi
head -c 2 "$APPIMAGE" | grep -q AI || { echo "ERROR: not an AppImage (magic bytes)" >&2; exit 1; }

echo "==> Making AppImage executable"
chmod +x "$APPIMAGE"

echo "==> Extracting squashfs root (--appimage-extract)"
rm -rf "$EXTRACT_DIR"
( cd "$HOME/Applications/LMStudio" && "$APPIMAGE" --appimage-extract >/dev/null 2>&1 ) || {
  echo "AppImage self-extract failed; attempting runtime extraction via --appimage-mount"
  mkdir -p "$EXTRACT_DIR"
}

echo "==> Locating the lms binary inside the extracted tree"
LMS_BIN=$(find "$EXTRACT_DIR" -type f -name lms 2>/dev/null | head -1)
if [ -z "$LMS_BIN" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: lms binary not found under $EXTRACT_DIR" >&2
  echo "Tree (top 2 levels):" >&2
  find "$EXTRACT_DIR" -maxdepth 2 2>/dev/null | head -40 >&2
  exit 1
fi
echo "    found: $LMS_BIN"

echo "==> Installing lms to $BIN_DIR"
mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
cp -f "$LMS_BIN" "$BIN_DIR/lms"
chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/lms"

echo "==> Ensuring $BIN_DIR is on PATH for this shell session"
export PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH"

echo "==> Running 'lms bootstrap' (documents the CLI with LM Studio)"
"$BIN_DIR/lms" bootstrap || echo "WARN: lms bootstrap returned non-zero (non-fatal)"

echo "==> Version check"
"$BIN_DIR/lms" --version || "$BIN_DIR/lms" --help | head -20

echo "==> DONE. lms installed at $BIN_DIR/lms"
echo "    Start the OpenAI-compatible server with:  lms server start"
echo "    Load this project's model with:           lms load Brettapps/trifecta-bro/v1"