diff --git a/install/deb.sh b/install/deb.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Gearman worker manager
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          gearman-manager
+# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
+# Description:       Enable gearman manager daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/gearman-manager
+PIDFILE=/var/run/gearman-manager.pid
+LOGFILE=/var/log/gearman-manager.log
+CONFIGDIR=/etc/gearman-manager
+GEARMANUSER="gearman"
+PARAMS="-a -c ${CONFIGDIR}/config.ini -w ${CONFIGDIR}/workers"
+
+test -x ${DAEMON} || exit 0
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+start()
+{
+  log_daemon_msg "Starting Gearman Manager"
+  # TODO: instead of start-stop-daemon's --chuid, implement GearmanManager having a -u
+  if start-stop-daemon \
+    --start \
+    --startas $DAEMON \
+    --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+    -- -P $PIDFILE \
+       -l $LOGFILE \
+       -d \
+       $PARAMS 
+  then
+    log_end_msg 0
+  else
+    log_end_msg 1
+    log_warning_msg "Please take a look at the syslog"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+  log_daemon_msg "Stopping Gearman Manager"
+  if start-stop-daemon \
+    --stop \
+    --oknodo \
+    --retry 20 \
+    --pidfile $PIDFILE
+  then
+    log_end_msg 0
+  else
+    log_end_msg 1
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+
+  start)
+    start
+  ;;
+
+  stop)
+    stop
+  ;;
+
+  restart|force-reload)
+    stop
+    start
+  ;;
+
+  status)
+    status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON "Gearman Manager"
+  ;;
+
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status|help}"
+  ;;
+
+esac
diff --git a/install/install.sh b/install/install.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# we're going to be mucking about, so we need to be root/sudo'd
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+   echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+# where are we now?
+WORKING_DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
+
+# determine if & which (supported) distro we're running
+if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+    DISTRO="rhel"
+elif [-f /etc/debian_version ]; then
+    DISTRO="deb"
+else
+    echo "Only Redhat Enterprise (RHEL) or Debian systems currently supported"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# create and populate installation folder
+mkdir -p /usr/local/share/gearman-manager
+cp -r ${WORKING_DIR}/../* /usr/local/share/gearman-manager/
+
+# create config folders
+mkdir -p /etc/gearman-manager/workers
+touch /etc/gearman-manager/config.ini
+
+# symlink proper library wrapper into bin
+echo "Which PHP library to use, pecl/gearman or PEAR::Net_Gearman?"
+select PHPLIB in "pecl" "pear"; do
+    ln -s /usr/local/share/gearman-manager/${PHPLIB}-manager.php /usr/local/bin/gearman-manager
+done
+
+# install init script
+cp ${WORKING_DIR}/${DISTRO}.sh /etc/init.d/gearman-manager
+chmod +x /etc/init.d/gearman-manager
+
+echo "Install ok!  Worker scripts can be installed in /etc/gearman-manager/workers"
+echo "Run /etc/init.d/gearman-manager to start and stop"
diff --git a/install/rhel.sh b/install/rhel.sh
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+++ b/install/rhel.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Gearman worker manager
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          gearman-manager
+# Required-Start:    $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop:     $network $remote_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
+# Description:       Enable gearman manager daemon
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/gearman-manager
+PIDFILE=/var/run/gearman-manager.pid
+LOGFILE=/var/log/gearman-manager.log
+CONFIGDIR=/etc/gearman-manager
+GEARMANUSER="gearmand"
+PARAMS="-a -c ${CONFIGDIR}/config.ini -w ${CONFIGDIR}/workers"
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+start() {
+        echo -n $"Starting gearman-manager: "
+        # TODO: implement GearmanManager having a -u to change user for child procs
+        daemon --pidfile=$PIDFILE $DAEMON \
+            -P $PIDFILE \
+            -l $LOGFILE \
+            -d \
+            $PARAMS
+        RETVAL=$?
+        echo
+        return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+        echo -n $"Stopping gearman-manager: "
+        killproc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON
+        RETVAL=$?
+        echo
+}
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+        start
+        ;;
+  stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+  status)
+        status -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON
+        RETVAL=$?
+        ;;
+  restart|reload)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+  condrestart|try-restart)
+        if status -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON >&/dev/null; then
+                stop
+                start
+        fi
+        ;;
+  *)
+        echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status|help}"
+        RETVAL=3
+esac
+
+exit $RETVAL