diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9ad4c98..b49f3ae 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,92 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# Directory of this script (works even when called via symlink)
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-
+# Logging helpers (inlined from lib/log.sh — lib/ is not available until after clone)
 LOG_LEVEL=10   # DEBUG+
 LOG_TIME=1
 LOG_PREFIX="dotfiles-install"
-# shellcheck source=lib/log.sh
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/log.sh"
-# shellcheck source=lib/distro.sh
-. "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/distro.sh"
+
+_log_use_color() {
+	[ -t 2 ] && [ -z "${NO_COLOR-}" ] && [ -n "${TERM-}" ] && [ "${TERM-}" != "dumb" ]
+}
+
+_log_fmt_prefix() {
+	lvl="$1"
+	if [ "${LOG_TIME}" = "1" ]; then
+		ts="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' 2>/dev/null || printf '%s' "")"
+		if [ -n "$ts" ]; then
+			printf '[%s] ' "$ts"
+		fi
+	fi
+	printf '[%s]' "$lvl"
+	if [ -n "${LOG_PREFIX}" ]; then
+		printf ' [%s]' "${LOG_PREFIX}"
+	fi
+}
+
+_log_print() {
+	lvl="$1"
+	shift
+	case "${LOG_LEVEL}" in
+		''|*[!0-9]*) min_level=20 ;;
+		*)           min_level="${LOG_LEVEL}" ;;
+	esac
+	case "$lvl" in
+		DEBUG)   lvl_num=10 ;;
+		INFO)    lvl_num=20 ;;
+		WARN)    lvl_num=30 ;;
+		ERROR)   lvl_num=40 ;;
+		*)       lvl_num=0  ;;
+	esac
+	[ "$lvl_num" -lt "$min_level" ] && return 0
+	if _log_use_color; then
+		case "$lvl" in
+			DEBUG) c_start="$(printf '🐛 \033[36m')" ;;
+			INFO)  c_start="$(printf 'ℹ️ \033[32m')" ;;
+			WARN)  c_start="$(printf '⚠️ \033[33m')" ;;
+			ERROR) c_start="$(printf '🛑 \033[31m')" ;;
+			*)     c_start="" ;;
+		esac
+		c_end="$(printf '\033[0m')"
+	else
+		c_start=""
+		c_end=""
+	fi
+	prefix="$(_log_fmt_prefix "$lvl")"
+	if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
+		printf '%s%s %s%s\n' "$c_start" "$prefix" "$*" "$c_end" >&2
+	else
+		printf '%s%s%s\n' "$c_start" "$prefix" "$c_end" >&2
+	fi
+}
+
+log_info()  { _log_print INFO  "$*"; }
+log_warn()  { _log_print WARN  "$*"; }
+log_error() { _log_print ERROR "$*"; }
+
+# distro helper (inlined from lib/distro.sh — lib/ is not available until after clone)
+distro() {
+	case "$(uname)" in
+		Linux)
+			distro_name=$(
+				# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+				. /etc/os-release
+				echo "${NAME}"
+			)
+			case $distro_name in
+				"Ubuntu")       printf '%s' "ubuntu" ;;
+				"Arch Linux")   printf '%s' "arch" ;;
+				"CentOS Linux") printf '%s' "cent" ;;
+				"Debian GNU/Linux") printf '%s' "debian" ;;
+				"Fedora")       printf '%s' "fedora" ;;
+				*)              printf '%s' "linux" ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		Darwin)
+			printf '%s' "macos"
+			;;
+	esac
+}
 
 function ensure {
 	if command -v "${1}" &>/dev/null; then