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+ABANTECART_SOURCE_URL="https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/archive/master.zip"
+
+extract_source() {
+  local DESTDIR=$1
+    
+  # retrieve and extract Abantecart Zip File
+  rc_tarball="${DESTDIR}/abantecart.zip"
+  sudo wget -q -O "$rc_tarball" "$ABANTECART_SOURCE_URL" \
+    || ynh_die "Unable to download source tarball"
+  sudo unzip "$rc_tarball" -c "$DESTDIR" --strip-components 1 \
+    || ynh_die "Unable to extract source tarball"
+  sudo rm "$rc_tarball"
+}