diff --git a/installer.py b/installer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd2abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import subprocess
+import time
+import sys
+import os
+import signal
+import fileinput
+import urllib.parse
+
+def log(text):
+    print("\n>>> \033[32m" + text + "\033[0m\n")
+
+def handleStatus(status):
+    if (status != 0):
+        print("\033[31mError while running last command\033[0m")
+        sys.exit()
+
+user = os.getenv("SUDO_USER")
+
+if user is None:
+    print("Please run this script as a sudo user")
+    sys.exit()
+
+print("\n\033[33m   HOWDY INSTALLER FOR UBUNTU\033[0m")
+print("   Version 1, 2016/02/05\n")
+
+time.sleep(.5)
+log("Installing required apt packages")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["apt", "install", "-y", "libpam-python", "fswebcam", "libopencv-dev", "python-opencv"]))
+
+log("Starting camera check")
+
+devices = os.listdir("/dev")
+picked = False
+
+for dev in devices:
+    if (dev[:5] == "video"):
+        time.sleep(.5)
+
+        print("Trying /dev/" + dev)
+
+        sub = subprocess.Popen(["fswebcam -S 9999999999 -d /dev/" + dev + " /dev/null 2>/dev/null"], shell=True, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
+
+        print("\033[33mOne of your cameras should now be on.\033[0m")
+        ans = input("Did your IR emitters turn on? [y/N]: ")
+
+        os.killpg(os.getpgid(sub.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
+
+        if (ans.lower() == "y"):
+            picked = dev[5:]
+            break
+        else:
+            print("Inerpeting as a \"NO\"\n")
+
+if (picked == False):
+    print("\033[31mNo suitable IR camera found\033[0m")
+
+log("Cloning dlib")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["git", "clone", "https://github.com/davisking/dlib.git", "/tmp/dlib_clone"]))
+
+log("Building dlib")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["cd /tmp/dlib_clone/; python3 setup.py install --yes USE_AVX_INSTRUCTIONS --no DLIB_USE_CUDA"], shell=True))
+
+log("Cleaning up dlib")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["rm", "-rf", "/tmp/dlib_clone"]))
+
+log("Installing face_recognition")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["pip3", "install", "face_recognition"]))
+
+log("Cloning howdy")
+
+if not os.path.exists("/lib/security"):
+    os.makedirs("/lib/security")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["git", "clone", "https://github.com/Boltgolt/howdy.git", "/lib/security/howdy"]))
+
+for line in fileinput.input(["/lib/security/howdy/config.ini"], inplace = 1):
+    print(line.replace("device_id = 1", "device_id = " + picked), end="")
+
+handleStatus(subprocess.call(["chmod 600 -R /lib/security/howdy/"], shell=True))
+
+log("Adding howdy as PAM module")
+
+outlines = []
+printlines = []
+inserted = False
+
+with open("/etc/pam.d/common-auth") as fp:
+    line = fp.readline()
+    cnt = 1
+    while line:
+        outlines.append(line)
+
+        if line[:1] != "#":
+            printlines.append(line)
+
+            if not inserted:
+                line_comment = "# Howdy IR face recognition\n"
+                line_Link    = "auth	sufficient			pam_python.so /lib/security/howdy/pam.py\n\n"
+
+                outlines.append(line_comment)
+                outlines.append(line_Link)
+
+                printlines.append("\033[33m" + line_comment + "\033[0m")
+                printlines.append("\033[33m" + line_Link + "\033[0m")
+
+                inserted = True
+        else:
+            printlines.append("\033[37m" + line + "\033[0m")
+
+        line = fp.readline()
+        cnt += 1
+
+print("\033[33m" + ">>> START OF /etc/pam.d/common-auth" + "\033[0m")
+
+for line in printlines:
+    print(line, end="")
+
+print("\033[33m" + ">>> END OF /etc/pam.d/common-auth" + "\033[0m" + "\n")
+
+print("Lines will be insterted in /etc/pam.d/common-auth as shown above")
+ans = input("Apply this change? [y/N]: ")
+
+if (ans.lower() != "y"):
+    print("Inerpeting as a \"NO\", aborting")
+    sys.exit()
+
+print("Adding lines to PAM\n")
+
+common_auth = open("/etc/pam.d/common-auth", "w")
+common_auth.write("".join(outlines))
+common_auth.close()
+
+diag_out = ""
+
+diag_out += "Video devices (IR:" + picked + ")\n"
+diag_out += "```\n"
+diag_out += subprocess.check_output(['ls /dev/ | grep video'], shell=True).decode("utf-8")
+diag_out += "```\n"
+
+diag_out += "Lsusb output\n"
+diag_out += "```\n"
+diag_out += subprocess.check_output(['lsusb -vvvv | grep -i "Camera\|iFunction"'], shell=True).decode("utf-8")
+diag_out += "```"
+
+print("https://github.com/Boltgolt/howdy/issues/new?title=%5Bdiag%5D%20Post-installation%20camera%20information&body=" + urllib.parse.quote_plus(diag_out) + "\n")
+
+print("Installation complete.")
+print("If you want to help the development, please use the link above to post some camera-related information as a new github issue")
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 848edac..caefdae 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Useful support functions
 
+import sys
+
 def print_menu(encodings):
 	"""Show a menu asking the user what he wants to do"""
 	if len(encodings) == 3: