diff --git a/pkg/setup.sh b/pkg/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# FIXME: The script still does nto work for sh
+if [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+  echo "This script must be run in Bash. Exiting now."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Use environment variable to emulate associative array
+users_map_ubuntu="ubuntu"
+users_map_debian="admin"
+users_map_centos="centos"
+users_map_amzn="ec2-user"
+
+ALLOWED_VERSIONS=("3.7" "3.9")
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  key="$1"
+
+  case $key in
+  -d | --default)
+    VERSION=3.9
+    GRAMEX_VERSION=1.86.1
+    shift # past argument
+    ;;
+  -v | --version)
+    VERSION="$2"
+    if [[ ! " ${ALLOWED_VERSIONS[@]} " =~ " ${VERSION} " ]]; then
+      echo "Error: python versions must be set to one of the following values: ${ALLOWED_VERSIONS[*]}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    shift # past argument
+    shift # past value
+    ;;
+  -g | --gramex)
+    GRAMEX_VERSION="$2"
+    shift # past argument
+    shift # past value
+    ;;
+  *) # unknown option
+    echo "Unknown option: $key"
+    ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Check if Python VERSION variable is empty or unset
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+  # Prompt user to enter the version of python to be installed
+  echo -n "Specify a version of python to be installed 3.7/3.9 [3.9]: "
+  # Read the input from user
+  read VERSION
+  # Set default value for VERSION if it's unset or empty
+  VERSION=${VERSION:-3.9}
+fi
+
+# Check if Gramex VERSION variable is empty or unset
+if [ -z "$GRAMEX_VERSION" ]; then
+  # Prompt user to enter the version of python to be installed
+  echo -n "Specify a version of python to be installed 3.7/3.9 [3.9]: "
+  # Read the input from user
+  read GRAMEX_VERSION
+  # Set default value for GRAMEX_VERSION if it's unset or empty
+  GRAMEX_VERSION=${GRAMEX_VERSION:-1.86.1}
+fi
+
+# Set the default repo URL for the Miniconda download
+  repo_url="https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py39_22.11.1-1-Linux-x86_64.sh"
+
+# Check if the VERSION is 3.9
+if [ "$VERSION" = "3.7" ]; then
+  # Reassign the repo URL with the URL for version 3.7
+  repo_url="https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py37_22.11.1-1-Linux-x86_64.sh"
+fi
+
+# Check if the user is the root user
+if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
+  # If the user is not the root user, set the prefix to "sudo"
+  # TODO: Prefer "doas" for alpine / Docker
+  prefix="sudo"
+else
+  # If the user is the root user, set the prefix to an empty string
+  prefix=""
+fi
+
+# TODO: Set up distro-specific scripts for Debian, CentOS, Alpine, etc.
+# TODO: Based on the distro, call the relevant one
+# Set the package manager to use
+if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "The OS supports 'apt'."
+  echo "Updating the pakcage indices."
+  package_type=deb
+  package_manager=apt
+  $prefix apt update -qq -y
+elif command -v yum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "The OS supports 'yum'"
+  package_type=rpm
+  package_manager=yum
+elif command -v dnf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "The OS supports 'dnf'"
+  package_type=rpm
+  package_manager=dnf
+else
+  echo "Error: Unable to determine package manager"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+
+# Read the ID field from /etc/os-release
+os_id=$(grep ^ID= /etc/os-release | awk -F= '{ print $2 }' | tr -d '"')
+# Set the user variable to the default user for the current OS
+eval "user=\$users_map_$os_id"
+echo "The Os detected is '$os_id', hence the default user is '$user'"
+
+# If curl is not installed, install it
+if ! command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "$prefix $package_manager install -y curl"
+  $prefix $package_manager install -y curl
+fi
+echo "Download miniconda installer\ncurl ${repo_url} -o /tmp/conda.sh"
+curl $repo_url -o /tmp/conda.sh
+# TODO: veryfy checksum of the downloaded file
+# Run the miniconda installer with the '-b' flag to run it in batch mode without prompts
+echo "Install miniconda\nbash /tmp/conda.sh -b"
+bash /tmp/conda.sh -b
+
+# Add miniconda to the PATH
+echo "initiate miniconda \n/home/${user}/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash"
+/home/${user}/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
+# if command -v bash >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+#   echo "Bash is installed."
+#   echo "initiate miniconda \n/home/${user}/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash"
+#   /home/${user}/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
+echo "Setting environment variable for anaconda"
+# $prefix echo 'export PATH="/home/${user}/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"' >> /home/$user/.bashrc
+# $prefix echo ". /home/${user}/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> /home/$user/.bashrc
+# $prefix echo "conda activate base" >> /home/$user/.bashrc
+source /home/${user}/.bashrc
+# Activate the base environment
+echo "Activating conda environment in debian"
+source /home/$user/miniconda3/bin/activate base
+
+echo "conda --version"
+conda --version
+echo "python --version"
+python --version
+echo "pip --version"
+pip --version
+echo "pip install --upgrade pip"
+pip install --upgrade pip
+
+# remove installation file
+
+echo "$prefix rm -rf /tmp/conda.sh"
+$prefix rm -rf /tmp/conda.sh
+
+# Install Gramex
+pip install "gramex<=${GRAMEX_VERSION}" "gramexenterprise<=${GRAMEX_VERSION}"
+pip cache purge
+
+# Accept the Gramex Enterprise license
+gramex license accept
+
+# install Nodejs
+echo "Installing Nodejs"
+echo "package_type: ${package_type}"
+curl -sL https://${package_type}.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash -
+
+# TODO: Add the following dependencies
+# # icu-data-full is required for comicgen -> fontkit to run TextDecoder('ascii')
+# #   https://build.alpinelinux.org/buildlogs/build-edge-x86/main/nodejs/nodejs-16.18.0-r1.log
+# icu-data-full \
+# # Install dependencies for Chromium on Alpine
+# chromium nss freetype harfbuzz ca-certificates ttf-freefont &&
+$prefix $package_manager install -y gcc g++ make nodejs
+
+echo "node --version"
+node --version
+echo "npm --version"
+npm --version
+
+# Allow `npm install -g` to work without sudo by installing to ~/.npm-packages
+mkdir -p ~/.npm-packages &&
+  npm config set prefix "${HOME_DIR}/.npm-packages" &&
+  gramex setup --all
+
+# Clean up npm cache
+npm cache clean --force
diff --git a/pkg/testing.md b/pkg/testing.md
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+# Testing setup
+
+Tesing the installer script in multiple platforms using docker containers
+
+- Disable path conversion in ***GIT BASH*** (only if using git bash)
+
+  ```sh
+  export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 
+  ```
+
+## Ubuntu
+
+  ```sh
+  cd tests
+  ./test_ubuntu.sh
+  ```
+
+## Centos 7
+
+  ```sh
+  cd tests
+  ./test_centos7.sh
+  ```
+
+## amazonlinux 2
+
+  ```sh
+  cd tests
+  ./test_amazon_linux_2.sh
+  ```
+
+## Alpine
+
+- Run docker Amazon linux container
+
+  ```sh
+  docker run --rm -itv $(pwd):/app -w /app alpine:latest sh
+  ```
+
+> TODO: Create a `sh` script that runs in `shell` not `bash`
+
+- Test the installer script
+
+  ```sh
+  chmod +x /app/pkg/setup_sh.sh
+  /app/pkg/setup_sh.sh
+  ```
diff --git a/pkg/tests/amazon_linux_2.sh b/pkg/tests/amazon_linux_2.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+chmod +x /app/setup.sh
+# Install sudo
+yum install -y sudo shadow-utils util-linux
+
+# Create user
+export user=ec2-user
+useradd -m -p '' ${user}
+usermod -aG wheel ${user}
+echo "${user} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | tee /etc/sudoers.d/${user}
+
+# Run the command as the switched user
+su - ${user} -c "/app/setup.sh -d"
+
+su - ${user} -c "source ~/.bashrc"
+su - ${user} -c "conda --version"
+su - ${user} -c "python --version"
+su - ${user} -c "gramex --version"
+su - ${user} -c "node --version"
+# Exit the user session
+exit
diff --git a/pkg/tests/centos7.sh b/pkg/tests/centos7.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+chmod +x /app/setup.sh
+# Install sudo
+yum install -y sudo
+
+# Create user
+export user=centos
+useradd -m -p '' ${user}
+usermod -aG wheel ${user}
+echo "${user} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | tee /etc/sudoers.d/${user}
+
+# Run the command as the switched user
+su - ${user} -c "/app/setup.sh -d"
+
+su - ${user} -c "source ~/.bashrc"
+su - ${user} -c "conda --version"
+su - ${user} -c "python --version"
+su - ${user} -c "gramex --version"
+su - ${user} -c "node --version"
+# Exit the user session
+exit
diff --git a/pkg/tests/test_amazon_linux_2.sh b/pkg/tests/test_amazon_linux_2.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker run --rm -it \
+  -v $(pwd)/../setup.sh:/app/setup.sh \
+  -v $(pwd)/amazon_linux_2.sh:/test/amazon_linux_2.sh \
+  -w /test amazonlinux:2 \
+  bash /test/amazon_linux_2.sh
diff --git a/pkg/tests/test_centos7.sh b/pkg/tests/test_centos7.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker run --rm -it \
+  -v $(pwd)/../setup.sh:/app/setup.sh \
+  -v $(pwd)/centos7.sh:/test/centos7.sh \
+  -w /test centos:7 \
+  bash /test/centos7.sh
diff --git a/pkg/tests/test_ubuntu.sh b/pkg/tests/test_ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker run --rm -it \
+  -v $(pwd)/../setup.sh:/app/setup.sh \
+  -v $(pwd)/ubuntu.sh:/test/ubuntu.sh \
+  -w /test ubuntu:latest \
+  bash /test/ubuntu.sh
diff --git a/pkg/tests/ubuntu.sh b/pkg/tests/ubuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cat /etc/os-release
+whoami
+
+chmod +x /app/setup.sh
+# install sudo
+apt update -y && apt install -y sudo
+
+# Create user
+export user=ubuntu
+adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" ${user}
+usermod -aG sudo ${user}
+echo "${user} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | tee /etc/sudoers.d/${user}
+# Run the command as the switched user
+su - ${user} -c "/app/setup.sh -d"
+# Exit the user session
+exit