diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: chef-sudo
+# Attribute File:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Matt Farmer
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+default['sbt']['version'] = '0.12.4'
+default['sbt']['java_options'] = '-Xms512M -Xmx1536M -Xss1M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=512M'
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
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+name              'sbt'
+maintainer        'Matt Farmer'
+maintainer_email  'matt@frmr.me'
+license           'Apache 2.0'
+description       'Installs the sbt version you request from manual download.'
+version            '0.0.1'
+
+recipe 'sbt', 'Downloads and installs sbt in your path.'
+
+%w{ubuntu debian}.each do |os|
+  supports os
+end
+
+attribute 'sbt',
+  :display_name => 'SBT',
+  :description => 'Hash of SBT attributes',
+  :type => 'hash'
+
+attribute 'sbt/version',
+  :display_name => 'SBT Version',
+  :description => 'The version of SBT to install',
+  :type => 'string',
+  :default => '0.12.4'
+
+attribute 'sbt/java_options',
+  :display_name => 'SBT Java Options',
+  :description => 'Java options passed to the JVM running SBT.',
+  :type => 'string',
+  :default => '-Xms512M -Xmx1536M -Xss1M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:MaxPermSize=512M'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
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+#
+# Cookbook Name:: chef-sbt
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Matt Farmer
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+remote_file "/usr/local/bin/sbt-launch.jar" do
+  source "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/#{node[:sbt][:version]}/sbt-launch.jar"
+  action :create
+
+  not_if "java -jar /usr/local/bin/sbt-launch.jar \"sbt-version\" | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | grep '#{node[:sbt][:version]}'"
+end
+
+execute "sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/sbt-launch.jar"
+execute "sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/sbt-launch.jar"
+
+template "/usr/local/bin/sbt" do
+  source "sbt.erb"
+  variables({
+    :java_options => node[:sbt][:java_options]
+  })
+
+  action :create
+
+  owner "root"
+  group "root"
+  mode 0755
+end
diff --git a/templates/default/sbt.erb b/templates/default/sbt.erb
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+java <%= @java_options %> -jar `dirname $0`/sbt-launch.jar "$@"