From 8770e5a327767c1ce9415459fcf46524d5bc82e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chuck <33324927+ChuckBuilds@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 21:59:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update readme to use install script

---
 README.md                  | 21 +++++++++++----------
 wiki/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md |  9 +++++++++
 wiki/WIKI_QUICK_START.md   | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc7ab4d8..f4379b88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ git clone https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix.git
 cd LEDMatrix
 ```
 
+
+4. First-time installation (recommended)
+
+```bash
+chmod +x first_time_install.sh
+sudo ./first_time_install.sh
+```
+
+This single script installs services, dependencies, configures permissions and sudoers, and validates the setup.
+
+----- OLD STEPS (left for manual review) -----
 4. Install dependencies:
 ```bash
 sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
@@ -245,16 +256,6 @@ sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt
 ```bash
 sudo reboot
 ```
-
-9. First-time installation (recommended)
-
-```bash
-chmod +x first_time_install.sh
-sudo ./first_time_install.sh
-```
-
-This single script installs services, dependencies, configures permissions and sudoers, and validates the setup.
-
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ## Configuration
diff --git a/wiki/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md b/wiki/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md
index e460ea29..4d8093c9 100644
--- a/wiki/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md
+++ b/wiki/INSTALLATION_GUIDE.md
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ git clone https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix.git
 cd LEDMatrix
 ```
 
+4. First-time installation (recommended)
+
+```bash
+chmod +x first_time_install.sh
+sudo ./first_time_install.sh
+```
+
+----- Old Instructions left for posterity ------
+
 4. Install dependencies:
 ```bash
 sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/wiki/WIKI_QUICK_START.md b/wiki/WIKI_QUICK_START.md
index cf2d9b72..0dc869f1 100644
--- a/wiki/WIKI_QUICK_START.md
+++ b/wiki/WIKI_QUICK_START.md
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ git clone https://github.com/ChuckBuilds/LEDMatrix.git
 cd LEDMatrix
 ```
 
+ ### 2.3 First-time installation (recommended)
+
+```bash
+chmod +x first_time_install.sh
+sudo ./first_time_install.sh
+```
+
+
+### Or manually 
+
 ### 2.3 Install Dependencies
 ```bash
 sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt