Add utility functions for processing Github releases#330

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Commits on Nov 18, 2024

Adds utility functions to download the latest release of a project from github and untars it. Uses curls and standard gnu tools.
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Commits on Nov 19, 2024

Simplified functions, as per the feedback, also use only wget
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