diff --git a/misc/install.func b/misc/install.func
index 2a22e2ff9..91ae9f57e 100644
--- a/misc/install.func
+++ b/misc/install.func
@@ -201,3 +201,23 @@ EOF
   echo "bash -c \"\$(wget -qLO - https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/ct/${app}.sh)\"" >/usr/bin/update
   chmod +x /usr/bin/update
 }
+
+# This function downloads the latest release of a GitHub repository
+github_download_latest_release() {
+  local user="$1"
+  local repo="$2"
+  local output_file="$3"
+  local tarball_url=$($STD wget -qLO - "https://api.github.com/repos/$user/$repo/releases/latest" | grep '"tarball_url":' | cut -d '"' -f 4)
+  $STD wget -qLO "$output_file" "$tarball_url"
+}
+
+# This function extracts a GitHub release tarball into a target directory
+github_extract_latest_release() {
+  local user="$1"
+  local repo="$2"
+  local output_directory="$3"
+  mkdir -p "$output_directory"
+  github_download_latest_release "$user" "$repo" "/tmp/$repo.tar.gz"
+  tar -xzf "/tmp/$repo.tar.gz" -C "$output_directory" --strip-components 1
+  rm "/tmp/$repo.tar.gz"
+}
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