diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+language: C++
+git:
+    submodules: false
+script:
+    - shellcheck ./administration/*.sh
+
diff --git a/scripts/board-update.sh b/scripts/board-update.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script updates or creates the support for the ESP8266 board
+# @author Kevin Veen-Birkenbach [kevin@veen.world]
+# @see https://arduino-esp8266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing.html#using-git-version
+
+# set variables
+ARDUINO_HARDWARE_PATH="$HOME/Arduino/hardware";
+ESP8266_PATH="$ARDUINO_HARDWARE_PATH/esp8266com";
+if [ -d "$ESP8266_PATH" ]
+  then
+        echo "Updates esp8266com..."
+        cd "$ESP8266_PATH/esp8266" || exit 1
+        git status
+        git pull
+  else
+    echo "Creates support for ESP8266..."
+    mkdir -p "$ESP8266_PATH" && echo "Arduino hardware folder created" && cd "$ESP8266_PATH" || exit 2;
+    git clone https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino.git esp8266
+    echo "Initialize the submodules..."
+    cd esp8266 || exit 3
+    git submodule update --init
+    cd tools || exit 4
+    python3 get.py
+    echo "esp8266com path looks now the follow:"
+    tree -dL 2 "$ESP8266_PATH"
+fi
+echo "Finished."
diff --git a/scripts/compile.sh b/scripts/compile.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# @author Kevin Veen-Birkenbach [kevin@veen.world]
+# This script compiles the program
+
+# set variables
+ARDUINO_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/umake/ide/arduino/arduino";
+
+# test preconditions
+if [ ! -f "$ARDUINO_PATH" ]
+then
+  echo "This program expects to find the Arduino IDE in $ARDUINO_PATH, but the file doesn't exist."
+  echo "Feel free to optimize this script or install Arduino how described under the following url:"
+  echo "https://askubuntu.com/questions/1025753/how-to-install-latest-arduino-ide"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+bash "$ARDUINO_PATH" --upload ../main/main.ino
diff --git a/scripts/library-update.sh b/scripts/library-update.sh
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+++ b/scripts/library-update.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script updates the dependencies
+# @author Kevin Veen-Birkenbach [kevin@veen.world]
+
+# set variables
+ARDUINO_LIBRARIES_PATH="$HOME/Arduino/libraries";
+
+# test preconditions
+if [ ! -d "$ARDUINO_LIBRARIES_PATH" ]
+then
+  echo "This program expects to find the Arduino libraries in $ARDUINO_LIBRARIES_PATH, but the directory doesn't exist."
+  echo "Feel free to optimize this script for your individual purpose."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+# Pulls or clones a repository
+# @param $1 Folder name
+# @param $2 Git repository
+pullOrClone(){
+  local FOLDER_PATH="$ARDUINO_LIBRARIES_PATH/$1";
+  echo "Trying to update $FOLDER_PATH..."
+  if [ -d "$FOLDER_PATH" ]
+    then
+      cd "$FOLDER_PATH" || exit 1;
+        if [ -d ".git" ]
+          then
+            git pull;
+          else
+            echo "Update not possible, because library hadn't been installed via git."
+        fi
+    else
+      cd "$ARDUINO_LIBRARIES_PATH" && git clone "$2";
+  fi
+}
+(
+  pullOrClone "Adafruit_Sensor" "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Sensor";
+  pullOrClone "DHT-sensor-library" "https://github.com/adafruit/DHT-sensor-library";
+  pullOrClone "NewRemoteSwitch" "https://github.com/1technophile/NewRemoteSwitch";
+)