From d273a5377d23029752742dc24ed569c3213bc241 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@gmx.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove clara tarball option

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml |  4 ++--
 bin/install-clara        | 15 ++++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 65f3be805d..0c32b30722 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: |
           ./build-coatjava.sh --lfs --no-progress -T${{ env.nthreads }}
-          ./bin/install-clara -b -c ./coatjava ./clara
+          ./bin/install-clara -c ./coatjava ./clara
       - name: tar # tarball to preserve permissions
         run: |
           tar czvf coatjava.tar.gz coatjava
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: |
           ./build-coatjava.sh --lfs --no-progress -T${{ env.nthreads }}
-          ./bin/install-clara -b -c ./coatjava ./clara
+          ./bin/install-clara -c ./coatjava ./clara
       - name: tar # tarball to preserve permissions
         run: |
           tar czvf coatjava.tar.gz coatjava
diff --git a/bin/install-clara b/bin/install-clara
index d510db20f3..5c00f3d395 100755
--- a/bin/install-clara
+++ b/bin/install-clara
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 # Configure:
 debug=0
 args=()
-usage="Usage:  install-clara [-v] [-b] [-c COATJAVA] [-f CLARA] [-g GRAPES] PATH"
+usage="Usage:  install-clara [-v] [-c COATJAVA] [-f CLARA] [-g GRAPES] PATH"
 info="""
 - The default CLARA / GRAPES versions are $clara / $grapes
 - COATJAVA can also be specified as a local installation directory
 - If the COATJAVA version is not specified, it will try to auto-detect it.
-- [-v adds verbosity and disables cleanup]
-- [-b builds clara from source]"""
+- [-v adds verbosity and disables cleanup]"""
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]
 do
@@ -126,14 +125,8 @@ tmp_dir=$(cd $tmp_dir && pwd)
 cd $tmp_dir
 
 # CLARA:
-if ! [ -z ${build+x} ]
-then
-    echo -e "\nBuilding CLARA from source ..."
-    build_clara $PWD/clara-cre
-else
-    echo -e "\nRetrieving CLARA version $clara ..."
-    get https://clasweb.jlab.org/clas12offline/distribution/clara/clara-cre-$clara.tar.gz
-fi
+echo -e "\nBuilding CLARA from source ..."
+build_clara $PWD/clara-cre
 
 # COATJAVA:
 if ! compgen -G "$coatjava/lib/clas/coat-libs-*.jar" > /dev/null

From a0195f8fd281fc80de04532d4c4412e1a7635744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:16:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] really remove the -b option

---
 bin/install-clara | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bin/install-clara b/bin/install-clara
index 5c00f3d395..48b3ffb44e 100755
--- a/bin/install-clara
+++ b/bin/install-clara
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ do
         -f) clara="$2" && shift && shift ;;
         -c) coatjava="$2" && shift && shift ;;
         -g) grapes="$2" && shift && shift ;;
-        -b) build=1 && shift ;;
         -v) let debug=$debug+1 && shift ;;
         -*|--*)  echo -e "$usage\n\nUnknown option:  $1" && exit 1 ;;
         *) args+=("$1") && shift ;;