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+# How to Run the End-to-End Test Script
+
+### A mock data script that contains all the information needed to create an OSEDA project is required for the test script to work.
+
+
+## Making the Mock Data Script
+- You need to export a few specific variables in the mock data script that the test install script will use:
+  - `PRIVATE_KEY`: the private ssh key generated for the GitHub account you are using to link to your OSEDA project
+  - `PUBLIC_KEY`: the public ssh key generated for the github account you are using to link to you OSEDA project
+  - `ADMIN_PASSWD`: password to the linux terminal you are running the script on
+  - `USERNAME`: your Git username (assuming your Git and GitHub usernames are the same)
+  - `EMAIL`: your Git email (assuming your Git and GitHub emails are the same)
+- Create the `mock_data.sh` file:
+```
+touch mock_data.sh
+{
+  echo "read -r -d '' PRIVATE_KEY <<'KEY'"
+  cat ~/.ssh/[PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY]
+  echo "KEY"
+  echo "export PRIVATE_KEY"
+} > mock_data.sh
+echo "export PUBLIC_KEY=\"$(cat ~/.ssh/[PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY])\"" >> mock_data.sh
+echo "export ADMIN_PASSWD=\"[YOUR_PASSWORD]\"" >> mock_data.sh
+echo "export USERNAME=\"[YOUR_GIT_USERNAME]\"" >> mock_data.sh
+echo "export EMAIL=\"[YOUR_GIT_EMAIL]\"" >> mock_data.sh
+```
+
+
+- The file should look like this:
+```
+read -r -d '' PRIVATE_KEY <<'KEY'
+-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+**********************************************************************
+**********************************************************************
+**********************************************************************
+**********************************************************************
+**********************************************************************
+-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
+KEY
+export PRIVATE_KEY
+export PUBLIC_KEY="ssh-ed25519 [YOUR_SSH_PUBLICKEY]"export ADMIN_PASSWD="12345"
+export USERNAME="[YOUR_GIT_USERNAME]"
+export EMAIL="[YOUR_GIT_EMAIL]"
+```
+
+
+## Running the Test Scipt
+- Create the mock data script (using the commands above) and make sure it is in the same directory as the test script
+- Give the test script executable permissions and run it using `source`
+```
+chmod +x ubuntu-test-intall.sh
+source ubuntu-test-install.sh
+```
+- At the end of the output, it should print "Script succeeded" if all the dependencies were downloaded, a new OSEDA project was created, and `oseda check` passed.
+
diff --git a/scripts/e2e-testing/ubuntu-test-install.sh b/scripts/e2e-testing/ubuntu-test-install.sh
index 86d08c3..7b27cf0 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e-testing/ubuntu-test-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e-testing/ubuntu-test-install.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This is not meant directly executed
+# Run this script using this command: `source ubuntu-test-install.sh`
+
+# This mock data script is not meant directly executed
 # just the set of commands to install in a fresh ubuntu vm for testing
+# must be included for this script to work
 source mock_data.sh
 
-#TODO test to make sure this works
-echo $ADMIN_PASSWD |sudo -S apt install curl 
-yes | sudo apt install git
+echo $ADMIN_PASSWD | sudo -S apt update
+sudo apt install curl
 
 # Pipe yes into these installation commands
+yes | sudo apt install git
+
 yes | sudo apt install npm
 
 yes | sudo apt install pkg-config
@@ -19,9 +23,8 @@ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
 # Puts cargo on the PATH without having to restart the current shell
 . "$HOME/.cargo/env"
 
-curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oseda-dev/oseda-cli/refs/heads/main/scripts/curl-install.sh | $SHELL
-
-#TODO: test this in VM before merging branch
+#curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oseda-dev/oseda-cli/refs/heads/main/scripts/curl-install.sh | $SHELL
+cargo install oseda-cli
 
 # make sure .ssh directory exists
 mkdir -p "${HOME}/.ssh"
@@ -34,7 +37,20 @@ chmod 600 "${HOME}/.ssh/id_ed25519_oseda_testing"
 
 # assuming git username is same as github username
 git config --global user.name $USERNAME
-
-oseda init
-
-oseda run
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+git config --global user.email $EMAIL
+
+# create a new oseda project using flags so it doesn't have to stop
+oseda init --title ExampleProject --tags economics ComputerScience --color red --template Markdown
+# make sure to cd to the same name as the title of the project
+cd ExampleProject
+
+#oseda run
+oseda check
+
+# if oseda check fails, then it prints the exit code
+# otherwise ends the script with a message saying it succeeded
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Command failed. Exit code was $?"
+else 
+    echo "Script succeeded"
+fi
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