diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -39,18 +39,20 @@ Here's a screenshot _(font and minor color shades, of course, depend on terminal
   [3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lscolors-git
 
 # Installation
-To install and use this file, put something like this in your shell resource
-file:
-```shell
-eval $( dircolors -b $HOME/.LS_COLORS )
-```
 
-A quick way to install would be the following set of commands (assuming bash):
+An installation script is provided with this repository:
 
 ```shell
-wget https://raw.github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS/master/LS_COLORS -O $HOME/.LS_COLORS
-echo 'eval $(dircolors -b $HOME/.LS_COLORS)' >> $HOME/.bashrc
-. $HOME/.bashrc
+$ wget https://raw.github.com/trapd00r/LS_COLORS/master/LS_COLORS -O /tmp/LS_COLORS
+$ ( cd /tmp/LS_COLORS && sh /tmp/install.sh )
+To enable the colors, add the following line to your shell's start-up script:
+
+For Bourne shell (e.g. ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):
+  . /lscolors.sh"
+
+For C shell (e.g. ~/.cshrc):
+  . /lscolors.csh"
+$
 ```
 
 ## Arch Linux
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9504927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#
+
+lscolors_data_dir="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
+
+if dircolors -b LS_COLORS > lscolors.sh && dircolors -c LS_COLORS > lscolors.csh ; then
+  if mv -t "$lscolors_data_dir" lscolors.sh lscolors.csh ; then
+    cat <<EOF
+To enable the colors, add the following line to your shell's start-up script:
+
+For Bourne shell (e.g. ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):
+  . $lscolors_data_dir/lscolors.sh"
+
+For C shell (e.g. ~/.cshrc):
+  . $lscolors_data_dir/lscolors.csh
+
+EOF
+  fi
+fi