Automates installation of Clojure [most current version] on a fresh Ubuntu system

install_clojure.sh

# Be sure to place this script in the directory where you wish to install Clojure

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk ant git
echo 'JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/" && export JAVA_HOME' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

git clone https://github.com/clojure/clojure.git && cd clojure && ant

echo "java -cp `pwd`/clojure.jar clojure.main $@" > clojure
chmod +x clojure && sudo ln -s `pwd`/clojure /usr/bin/clojure

# Temporary convenience
alias clojure="`pwd`/clojure"

cd ..
echo "Setup is complete. You may now run the 'clojure' command."