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+#!/bin/bash 
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+HERE=$(pwd)
+OARS=$(find $DOWNLOAD_ROOT -name "*.oar")
+for oar in $OARS; do
+    cd $HERE
+    echo "Installing application '$oar'"
+    rm -rf $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+    mkdir -p $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+    cd $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+    cp $oar $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+    unzip -oq -d . $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/$(basename $oar)
+    name=$(grep "name=" $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/app.xml | sed 's/<app name="//g;s/".*//g')
+    mkdir -p $APPS_ROOT/$name
+    cp $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/app.xml $APPS_ROOT/$name/app.xml
+    touch $APPS_ROOT/$name/active
+    [ -f $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/app.png ] && cp $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/app.png $APPS_ROOT/$name/app.png
+    cp $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/$(basename $oar) $APPS_ROOT/$name/$name.oar
+    cp -rf $APP_INSTALL_ROOT/m2/* $KARAF_M2
+    rm -rf $APP_INSTALL_ROOT
+done