diff --git a/Docker/cont-init.d/10-jsr223-jython b/Docker/cont-init.d/10-jsr223-jython
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## Jython Version
+# The Jython verion to install when using the default download location.
+#
+# For example:
+# JYTHON_VERSION="2.7.1"
+#
+# Leave empty to use the default version (2.7.0)
+JYTHON_VERSION=
+
+
+## Additional Python Modules
+# List of additional python module(s) that need to be installed.
+#
+# NOTE: Due to bugs in the Jython 2.7.0 and 2.7.1 installer, pip is only installed when
+#       using a Debian based image on x86 architecture. When using an Alpine based image or
+#       when using ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) architecture pip will not be installed and this
+#       parameter is ignored.
+#
+# For example:
+# PYPI_MODULES="requests python-dateutil"
+#
+# Leave empty when no additional python module need to be installed.
+PYPI_MODULES=
+
+
+## Jython Installer Download Location
+# The location from where to download the Jython Installer.
+#
+# For example:
+# JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI=http://www.example.com/jython-installer-2.7.0.jar
+#
+# Or file location inside the container:
+# JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI=/openhab/jython-installer/jython-installer-2.7.0.jar
+#
+# Leave empty to use the default location.
+JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI=
+
+
+## Jython Installer Options
+# Specifiy the command line options that will be used when running the jython-installer.jar.
+#
+# For example:
+# JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS="-t standard -e demo doc src ensurepip"
+#
+# Leave empty to use the default options.
+JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS=
+
+
+
+####################################################################################
+# End of configuration
+####################################################################################
+
+IFS=" "
+set +e
+
+function beginswith() { case $2 in "$1"*) true;; *) false;; esac; }
+function contains() { case $2 in *"$1"*) true;; *) false;; esac; }
+
+function check_addons_config() {
+  # Check if the Next Generation Rule Engine is enabled
+  MISC_LINE=$(grep '^[[:space:]]\?misc' $1)
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    # ensure we have ruleengine enabled
+    if [[ ${MISC_LINE} == *"ruleengine"* ]]; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+function check_next_generation_rule_engine() {
+
+  if check_addons_config "${OPENHAB_CONF}/services/addons.cfg"; then
+    echo "New rule engine is already enabled in the addons.cfg."
+  elif check_addons_config "$OPENHAB_USERDATA/config/org/openhab/addons.config"; then
+    echo "New rule engine is already enabled in the addons.config."
+  else
+    echo "Please enable the Next Generation Rule Engine."
+    echo "See https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/rules-ng.html"
+  fi
+}
+
+function cleanup_compiled_classes() {
+  # Clears Jython's compiled classes
+  if [ -d "${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation/lib/python" ]; then
+    find "${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation/lib/python" -name '*\$py.class' -delete
+  fi
+  if [ -d "${JYTHON_HOME}/Lib" ]; then
+    find "${JYTHON_HOME}/Lib" -name '*\$py.class' -delete
+  fi
+}
+
+function create_directory() {
+  local DIRECTORY=$1
+  if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Could not create directory ${DIRECTORY}."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "Directory ${DIRECTORY} already exists."
+  fi
+}
+
+function download_jython_libraries() {
+  # Download or copy Jython installer
+  if [ -z "${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI}" ]; then
+    JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI=${JYTHON_DEFAULT_INSTALLER_URI}
+  fi
+
+  if beginswith http "${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI}"; then
+    wget -nv -O /tmp/jython-installer.jar "${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Failed to download the helper libraries form ${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI}"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    cp "${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI}" /tmp/jython-installer.jar
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Failed to copy the helper libraries form ${JYTHON_INSTALLER_URI} to /tmp/jython-installer.jar"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function install_additional_python_modules() {
+  if [ ! -z "${PYPI_MODULES}" ]; then
+    if is_pip_installed; then
+      "${JYTHON_HOME}/bin/jython" -m pip install ${PYPI_MODULES}
+      chown -R openhab:openhab "${JYTHON_HOME}/Lib"
+      if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Failed to install additional python packages."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "ERROR: Cannot install additional Python modules because pip is not installed."
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function install_jython_libraries() {
+  create_directory "${JYTHON_HOME}"
+
+  if [ -z ${JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS} ]; then
+    JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS=${JYTHON_DEFAULT_INSTALLER_OPTIONS}
+    if ! is_distro_pip_compatible; then
+      echo "The distro and/or platform architecture is not compatible with pip!"
+      echo "Pip will not be installed."
+      JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS="${JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS} ensurepip"
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  java -jar /tmp/jython-installer.jar -s -d "${JYTHON_HOME}/" ${JYTHON_INSTALLER_OPTIONS}
+  rm /tmp/jython-installer.jar
+  chown -R openhab:openhab "${JYTHON_HOME}"
+}
+
+function is_distro_pip_compatible() {
+  if [ "${ARCH}" != "x86_64" ] || contains alpline "${DOCKER_REPO}"; then
+    return 1
+  else
+    return 0
+  fi
+}
+
+function is_pip_installed() {
+  if [ -e "${JYTHON_HOME}/bin/pip" ]; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+if [ -z ${JYTHON_VERSION} ]; then
+  JYTHON_VERSION="2.7.0"
+fi
+
+JYTHON_DEFAULT_INSTALLER_URI=http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/python/jython-installer/${JYTHON_VERSION}/jython-installer-${JYTHON_VERSION}.jar
+JYTHON_DEFAULT_INSTALLER_OPTIONS="-t standard -e demo doc src"
+
+JYTHON_HOME="${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation/jython"
+export EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS="${EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS} -Xbootclasspath/a:${JYTHON_HOME}/jython.jar -Dpython.home=${JYTHON_HOME} -Dpython.path=${JYTHON_HOME}/Lib:${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation/lib/python"
+
+
+if [ ! -d "${JYTHON_HOME}" ]; then
+  download_jython_libraries
+  install_jython_libraries
+fi
+
+check_next_generation_rule_engine
+install_additional_python_modules
+cleanup_compiled_classes
+
diff --git a/Docker/cont-init.d/10-openhab-helper-libraries b/Docker/cont-init.d/10-openhab-helper-libraries
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+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+OPENHAB_AUTOMATION="${OPENHAB_CONF}/automation"
+OPENHAB_HL_AUTOMATION="${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/openhab-helper-libraries/Core/automation"
+OPENHAB_HL_AUTOMATION_RELATIVE="../../openhab-helper-libraries/Core/automation"
+OPENHAB_HL_URL="https://github.com/openhab-scripters/openhab-helper-libraries/archive/master.zip"
+
+declare -A LANGUAGES=( ["groovy"]="groovy" ["javascript"]="js" ["python"]="py" )
+
+function verify_directory_structure() {
+  # before making any changes let's first verify that we can make the required changes
+  verify_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}"
+  for SUBDIR in jsr223 lib; do
+    verify_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}"
+    for LANGUAGE in "${!LANGUAGES[@]}"; do
+      verify_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/community"
+      verify_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/personal"
+
+      verify_symlink "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/${LANGUAGE}" "core" "${OPENHAB_HL_AUTOMATION_RELATIVE}/${SUBDIR}/${LANGUAGE}/core"
+    done
+  done
+}
+
+function create_directory_structure() {
+  create_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}"
+  for SUBDIR in jsr223 lib; do
+    create_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}"
+    for LANGUAGE in "${!LANGUAGES[@]}"; do
+      create_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/community"
+      chmod g+w "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/community"
+      create_directory "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/personal"
+      chmod g+w "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/$LANGUAGE/personal"
+
+      create_symlink "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/${SUBDIR}/${LANGUAGE}" "core" "${OPENHAB_HL_AUTOMATION_RELATIVE}/${SUBDIR}/${LANGUAGE}/core"
+    done
+  done
+}
+
+function verify_directory() {
+  local DIRECTORY=$1
+  if [ -L "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Cannot create directory ${DIRECTORY}. A symlink with that link name already exists."
+    exit 1
+  elif [ -f "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Cannot create directory ${DIRECTORY}. A file with that name already exists."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+function create_directory() {
+  local DIRECTORY=$1
+  if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "${DIRECTORY}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Could not create directory ${DIRECTORY}."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "Directory ${DIRECTORY} already exists."
+  fi
+}
+
+function verify_symlink() {
+  local LINK_DIR=$1
+  local LINK_NAME=$2
+  local TARGET=$3
+  if [ -d ${LINK_DIR} ]; then
+    cd "${LINK_DIR}"
+    if [ -L "${LINK_NAME}" ]; then
+      local LINK_TARGET="$(readlink ${LINK_NAME})"
+      if [ "${LINK_TARGET}" != "${TARGET}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: A symlink with ${LINK_NAME} already exists pointing to a different target."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    elif [ -e "${LINK_NAME}" ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: File or directory with name ${LINK_NAME} already exists."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+function create_symlink() {
+  local LINK_DIR=$1
+  local LINK_NAME=$2
+  local TARGET=$3
+  cd "${LINK_DIR}"
+  if [ ! -L "${LINK_NAME}" ]; then
+    ln -rs "${TARGET}" "${LINK_NAME}"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR: Could not create symlink ${LINK_NAME} to ${TARGET}."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  else
+     echo "Symlink ${LINK_NAME} already exists."
+  fi
+}
+
+function create_initial_configuration() {
+  for LANGUAGE in "${!LANGUAGES[@]}"; do
+    if [ ! -f "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/lib/${LANGUAGE}/configuration.${LANGUAGES[$LANGUAGE]}" ]; then
+      cp "${OPENHAB_HL_AUTOMATION}/lib/${LANGUAGE}/configuration.${LANGUAGES[$LANGUAGE]}.example" "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/lib/${LANGUAGE}/configuration.${LANGUAGES[$LANGUAGE]}"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  for DIRECTORY in community personal; do
+    if [ ! -f "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/lib/python/${DIRECTORY}/__init__.py" ]; then
+      touch "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/lib/python/${DIRECTORY}/__init__.py"
+    fi
+  done
+}
+
+function download_helper_libraries() {
+  # Download the Helper Libraries for openHAB Scripted Automation
+  echo "Downloading openhab-helper-libraries-master archive from Github."
+  wget -nv -O /tmp/openhab-helper-libraries-master.zip "${OPENHAB_HL_URL}"
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to download the helper libraries form Github."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  unzip -q /tmp/openhab-helper-libraries-master.zip -d /tmp -x \
+    "openhab-helper-libraries-master/.github/*" \
+    "openhab-helper-libraries-master/.gitignore" \
+    "openhab-helper-libraries-master/docs/*" \
+    "openhab-helper-libraries-master/Docker/*" \
+    "openhab-helper-libraries-master/Sphinx/*"
+  if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to extract the helper libraries zip file."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  rm /tmp/openhab-helper-libraries-master.zip
+}
+
+function install_helper_libraries() {
+  mv /tmp/openhab-helper-libraries-master "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/openhab-helper-libraries"
+  # update ownership
+  chown -R openhab:openhab "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}"
+}
+
+function check_addons_config() {
+  # Check if the Next Generation Rule Engine is enabled
+  MISC_LINE=$(grep '^[[:space:]]\?misc' $1)
+  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    # ensure we have ruleengine enabled
+    if [[ ${MISC_LINE} == *"ruleengine"* ]]; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
+function check_next_generation_rule_engine() {
+
+  if check_addons_config "${OPENHAB_CONF}/services/addons.cfg"; then
+    echo "New rule engine is already enabled in the addons.cfg."
+  elif check_addons_config "$OPENHAB_USERDATA/config/org/openhab/addons.config"; then
+    echo "New rule engine is already enabled in the addons.config."
+  else
+    echo "Please enable the Next Generation Rule Engine."
+    echo "See https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/rules-ng.html"
+  fi
+}
+
+
+if [ ! -d "${OPENHAB_AUTOMATION}/openhab-helper-libraries" ]; then
+  CURRENT_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+  # verify if installation is possible
+  verify_directory_structure
+  download_helper_libraries
+
+  # make the required changes and install the libraries
+  create_directory_structure
+  install_helper_libraries
+
+  # create initial configuration if required
+  create_initial_configuration
+
+  # check if the ng-rule engine is enabled
+  check_next_generation_rule_engine
+
+  cd "${CURRENT_DIR}"
+else
+  echo "Helper Libraries for openHAB Scripted Automation already installed."
+fi
+