diff --git a/app/static/linux/github b/app/static/linux/github
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f7513eb244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/static/linux/github
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ ! -L "$0" ]; then
+	# if path is not a symlink, find relatively
+	GITHUB_PATH=$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$0")")")")
+else
+	if command -v readlink >/dev/null; then
+		# if readlink exists, follow the symlink and then find relatively
+		SYMLINK=$(readlink -f "$0")
+		GITHUB_PATH=$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$SYMLINK")")")")
+	else
+		# else use the standard install location
+		GITHUB_PATH="/opt/GitHub Desktop"
+	fi
+fi
+# check if this is a dev install or standard
+if [ -f "$GITHUB_PATH/github-desktop-dev" ]; then
+	BINARY_NAME="github-desktop-dev"
+else
+	BINARY_NAME="github-desktop"
+fi
+
+ELECTRON="$GITHUB_PATH/$BINARY_NAME"
+CLI="$GITHUB_PATH/resources/app/cli.js"
+
+case $1 in
+	# if help in the first variable, return contents to shell
+	*help*|*--help*)
+		ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" "$@";;
+	# any other, redirect to /dev/null to detach from controlling terminal
+	*)
+		ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 "$ELECTRON" "$CLI" "$@" < /dev/null > /dev/null &;;
+esac
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/script/linux-after-install.sh b/script/linux-after-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..204b930b83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/linux-after-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+PROFILE_D_FILE="/etc/profile.d/github-desktop.sh"
+INSTALL_DIR="/opt/${productFilename}"
+CLI_DIR="$INSTALL_DIR/resources/app/static"
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure)
+      # add executable permissions for CLI interface
+      chmod +x "$CLI_DIR"/github || :
+      # check if this is a dev install or standard
+      if [ -f "$INSTALL_DIR/github-desktop-dev" ]; then
+	      BINARY_NAME="github-desktop-dev"
+      else
+	      BINARY_NAME="github-desktop"
+      fi
+      # create symbolic links to /usr/bin directory
+      ln -f -s "$INSTALL_DIR"/$BINARY_NAME /usr/bin || :
+      ln -f -s "$CLI_DIR"/github /usr/bin || :
+    ;;
+
+    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+      echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+      exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/linux-after-remove.sh b/script/linux-after-remove.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d85b3eb28e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/linux-after-remove.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+PROFILE_D_FILE="/etc/profile.d/github-desktop.sh"
+BASE_FILE="/usr/bin/github"
+
+case "$1" in
+    purge|remove|upgrade|failed-upgrade|abort-install|abort-upgrade|disappear)
+      echo "#!/bin/sh" > "${PROFILE_D_FILE}";
+      . "${PROFILE_D_FILE}";
+      rm "${PROFILE_D_FILE}";
+      # remove symbolic links in /usr/bin directory
+      test -f ${BASE_FILE} && unlink ${BASE_FILE}
+      test -f ${BASE_FILE}-desktop && unlink ${BASE_FILE}-desktop
+      test -f ${BASE_FILE}-desktop-dev && unlink ${BASE_FILE}-desktop-dev
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+      echo "postrm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+      exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0