chore: inital code for Ubuntu 24.04

Author: charlypa

docs/linux/installer.sh

@@ -460,17 +460,25 @@ downloadLatestReleaseInfo() {
 #
 downloadAndInstall(){
   # Check Ubuntu version for compatibility
-  if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
-    . /etc/os-release
-    if [[ "$ID" = "ubuntu" && "$VERSION_ID" = "24.04" ]]; then
-      echo -e "${RED}Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is not currently supported by this installation script.${RESET}"
-      echo -e "${YELLOW}Please use an earlier version of Ubuntu for the time being. Check back later for updates.${RESET}"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
+
 
   echo "Using temporary directory $TMP_DIR for processing"
   downloadLatestReleaseInfo > /dev/null
+   if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+      . /etc/os-release
+     if [[ "$ID" = "ubuntu" && "$VERSION_ID" = "24.04" ]]; then
+        local latestFileUrl
+        latestFileUrl=$(grep -oP 'https://[^"]*latest\.json'  "$TMP_DIR/latest_release.json")
+        WGET_OPTS=$(configure_wget_options)
+
+        wget $WGET_OPTS "$TMP_DIR/latest.json" "$latestFileUrl" || {
+          echo -e "${RED}Failed to download the latestFile. Please check your internet connection and try again.${RESET}"
+        }
+        echo -e "${RED}Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is not currently supported by this installation script.${RESET}"
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}Please use an earlier version of Ubuntu for the time being. Check back later for updates.${RESET}"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    fi
   CURRENT_GLIBC_VERSION=$(ldd --version | grep "ldd" | awk '{print $NF}')
   echo "Current GLIBC version: $CURRENT_GLIBC_VERSION"