diff --git a/packages/dragon/1.9.8/build.sh b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Dragon install
+mkdir -p build
+
+cd build
+
+curl "https://dragon-lang.org/Dragon_1.9.8_linux(x86_x64).tar.bz2" -o dragon.tar.bz2
+tar xjf dragon.tar.bz2 --strip-components=1
+
+### re-purposed the install script for local install and without manpages
+
+mkdir -p ../bin
+cp dragon ../bin/
+chmod +x ../bin/dragon
+
+cp -r runtime ../bin/
+chmod +x ../bin/runtime/bin/java
+
+sed -i 's|/bin/runtime/bin/java|$JAVA_RUNTIME|g' ../bin/dragon
+
+###
+
+cd ../
+rm -rf build
diff --git a/packages/dragon/1.9.8/environment b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/environment
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+++ b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/environment
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# dragon binary & java runtime path
+export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
+export JAVA_RUNTIME=$PWD/bin/runtime/bin/java
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diff --git a/packages/dragon/1.9.8/metadata.json b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/metadata.json
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+{
+  "language": "dragon",
+  "version": "1.9.8",
+  "aliases": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/dragon/1.9.8/run b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/run
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# dragon run
+dragon -r "$@"
diff --git a/packages/dragon/1.9.8/test.dragon b/packages/dragon/1.9.8/test.dragon
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+showln "OK"
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