diff --git a/lib/default.fl b/lib/default.fl
index dc3546c..b060607 100644
--- a/lib/default.fl
+++ b/lib/default.fl
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ name="$(basename $2)"
 sakudir="${SAKUPATH:-"$HOME/.saku"}"
 flaskfile="$sakudir/flask/$1/$2.fl"
 srcdir="$sakudir/repo/$name"
-root="$sakudir/root"
 store="$sakudir/store"
-rootdir="$root/$name"
 storedir="$store/$name"
 
 pkgname=""
diff --git a/lib/install.fl b/lib/install.fl
index a41d4ca..d30ff01 100644
--- a/lib/install.fl
+++ b/lib/install.fl
@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
-install_file() {
-  type="$1"
-  file="$2"
+store() {
+  src="$srcdir/$1"
+  dst="$storedir/$2"
 
-  file_exists "$file"
+  [[ -f "$src" || -d "$src" ]] || die "src does not exist [$src]"
 
-  dst="$storedir/$type/$(basename $file)"
   mkdir -p "$(dirname $dst)"
 
-  echo "$file --> $dst"
+  echo "$src --> $dst"
   case $type in
     bin)
-      install -Dm 0755 $file $dst
-      ;;
-    *)
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  case $type in
-    bin|share)
-      lnk="$root/$type/$(basename $file)"
-      mkdir -p "$(dirname $lnk)"
-      echo "$lnk <-- $dst"
-      ln -sfT "$dst" "$lnk"
+      install -Dm 0755 "$src" "$dst"
       ;;
     *)
+      install -Dm 0644 "$src" "$dst"
       ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/saku-lib/pkg/root.rs b/saku-lib/pkg/root.rs
index 2513126..6bf15ab 100644
--- a/saku-lib/pkg/root.rs
+++ b/saku-lib/pkg/root.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,53 @@ use std::fs;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::exec;
 use crate::pkg::pkg::Pkg;
+use crate::util::constants;
+use crate::util::io;
+use crate::util::msg;
 use crate::util::{filepath, path};
 
 impl Pkg {
     pub fn install_root(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        exec::install(&self.name, &self.group)
+        self.store()?;
+        self.link_root()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    pub fn store(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        trace!("storing files");
+        let has_artifacts = io::mkdir(path::store_dir(&self.name))?;
+        if has_artifacts {
+            debug!("cleaning up artifacts in store");
+            std::fs::remove_dir_all(&path::store_dir(&self.name))?;
+            io::mkdir(path::store_dir(&self.name))?;
+        }
+        exec::install(&self.name, &self.group)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    pub fn link_root(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        trace!("linking root");
+        let files = path::get_stored_files(&self.name)?;
+        debug!("{:?}", files);
+        for entry in &files {
+            self.link_entry(entry)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    pub fn link_entry(&self, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        if filepath::is_dir(&path) {
+            debug!("skipping dir {path}");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let rel = filepath::get_relative(&path::store_dir(&self.name), path)?;
+        debug!("found {}", rel);
+        let root_path = filepath::join(&*constants::ROOT_DIR, &rel);
+        if filepath::exists(&root_path) {
+            debug!("root file already exists {root_path}. cleaning up");
+            std::fs::remove_file(&root_path)?;
+        }
+        io::mkdir(filepath::parent_dir(&root_path)?)?;
+        msg::link(&path, &root_path);
+        io::link(&path, &root_path)?;
+        Ok(())
     }
     pub fn uninstall_root(&self) -> Result<()> {
         for d in fs::read_dir(path::root_dir(&format!("{}/bin", self.name)))? {