diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yaml
index 9da1b68f..296b66af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Use Ubuntu 20.04 / macOS 13 x86_64 / macOS 14 arm64 + Python 3.10 to build SpiderMonkey
-        os: [ 'ubuntu-20.04', 'macos-13', 'macos-14' ] # macOS 14 runner exclusively runs on M1 hardwares
+        # Use Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 24.04 / macOS 13 x86_64 / macOS 14 arm64 + Python 3.10 to build SpiderMonkey
+        os: [ 'ubuntu-20.04', 'ubuntu-24.04', 'macos-13', 'macos-14' ] # macOS 14 runner exclusively runs on M1 hardwares
                                                        # see https://github.blog/changelog/2024-01-30-github-actions-macos-14-sonoma-is-now-available
         python_version: [ '3.10' ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           lookup-only: true # skip download
       - name: Setup XCode
         if: ${{ (matrix.os == 'macos-13' || matrix.os == 'macos-14') && steps.cache-spidermonkey.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        # SpiderMonkey 115 ESR requires XCode SDK version at least 13.3
-        # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-13-Readme.md#installed-sdks
+        # SpiderMonkey requires XCode SDK version at least 13.3
         run: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode_14.3.app
       - name: Build spidermonkey
         if: ${{ steps.cache-spidermonkey.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
@@ -128,8 +127,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # The lowest supported version is Ubuntu 20.04 + Python 3.8 or macOS 12 + Python 3.9
-        os: [ 'ubuntu-20.04', 'macos-12', 'macos-14', 'windows-2022' ]
+        os: [ 'ubuntu-20.04', 'ubuntu-24.04', 'macos-12', 'macos-14', 'windows-2022' ]
         python_version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12' ]
         exclude:
           # actions/setup-python: The version '3.8'/'3.9' with architecture 'arm64' was not found for macOS.
@@ -274,6 +272,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheel-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.sha }}
           path: ./dist/
+  check-install-from-sdist:
+    needs: sdist
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+      - name: Download wheels built
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: wheel-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          path: ./dist/
+      - run: pip install ./dist/pythonmonkey-*.tar.gz
   publish:
     needs: [build-and-test, sdist]
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index f647ee84..eab31081 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-# set git hooks
-ln -s -f ../../githooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-commit
-# set blame ignore file
-git config blame.ignorerevsfile .git-blame-ignore-revs
-
 # Get number of CPU cores
 CPUS=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN 2>/dev/null || getconf NPROCESSORS_ONLN 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
 
@@ -17,11 +12,12 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then # Linux
     # sudo is present on the system, so use it
     SUDO='sudo'
   fi
-  $SUDO apt-get update --yes
+  echo "Installing apt packages"
   $SUDO apt-get install --yes cmake graphviz llvm clang pkg-config m4 unzip \
-    wget curl python3-distutils python3-dev
+    wget curl python3-dev
   # Install Doxygen
   # the newest version in Ubuntu 20.04 repository is 1.8.17, but we need Doxygen 1.9 series
+  echo "Installing doxygen"
   wget -c -q https://www.doxygen.nl/files/doxygen-1.9.7.linux.bin.tar.gz
   tar xf doxygen-1.9.7.linux.bin.tar.gz
   cd doxygen-1.9.7 && $SUDO make install && cd -
@@ -36,9 +32,11 @@ else
   exit 1
 fi
 # Install rust compiler
+echo "Installing rust compiler"
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain 1.76
 cargo install cbindgen
 # Setup Poetry
+echo "Installing poetry"
 curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 - --version "1.7.1"
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys"* ]]; then # Windows
   POETRY_BIN="$APPDATA/Python/Scripts/poetry"
@@ -46,31 +44,8 @@ else
   POETRY_BIN=`echo ~/.local/bin/poetry` # expand tilde
 fi
 $POETRY_BIN self add 'poetry-dynamic-versioning[plugin]'
-$POETRY_BIN run pip install autopep8
 echo "Done installing dependencies"
 
-echo "Downloading uncrustify source code"
-wget -c -q https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify/archive/refs/tags/uncrustify-0.78.1.tar.gz
-mkdir -p uncrustify-source
-tar -xzf uncrustify-0.78.1.tar.gz -C uncrustify-source --strip-components=1 # strip the root folder
-echo "Done downloading uncrustify source code"
-
-echo "Building uncrustify"
-cd uncrustify-source
-mkdir -p build
-cd build
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys"* ]]; then # Windows
-  cmake ../
-  cmake --build . -j$CPUS --config Release
-  cp Release/uncrustify.exe ../../uncrustify.exe
-else
-  cmake ../
-  make -j$CPUS
-  cp uncrustify ../../uncrustify
-fi
-cd ../..
-echo "Done building uncrustify"
-
 echo "Downloading spidermonkey source code"
 # Read the commit hash for mozilla-central from the `mozcentral.version` file
 MOZCENTRAL_VERSION=$(cat mozcentral.version)
@@ -118,3 +93,35 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then # macOS
   install_name_tool -id @rpath/$(basename ./libmozjs*) ./libmozjs* # making it work for whatever name the libmozjs dylib is called
 fi
 echo "Done installing spidermonkey"
+
+# if this is being ran in the root directory of the PythonMonkey repo, then include dev configurations
+if test -f .git/hooks/pre-commit; then
+  # set git hooks
+  ln -s -f ../../githooks/pre-commit .git/hooks/pre-commit 
+  # set blame ignore file 
+  git config blame.ignorerevsfile .git-blame-ignore-revs
+  # install autopep8
+  $POETRY_BIN run pip install autopep8
+  # install uncrustify
+  echo "Downloading uncrustify source code"
+  wget -c -q https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify/archive/refs/tags/uncrustify-0.78.1.tar.gz
+  mkdir -p uncrustify-source
+  tar -xzf uncrustify-0.78.1.tar.gz -C uncrustify-source --strip-components=1 # strip the root folder
+  echo "Done downloading uncrustify source code"
+
+  echo "Building uncrustify"
+  cd uncrustify-source
+  mkdir -p build
+  cd build
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys"* ]]; then # Windows
+    cmake ../
+    cmake --build . -j$CPUS --config Release
+    cp Release/uncrustify.exe ../../uncrustify.exe
+  else
+    cmake ../
+    make -j$CPUS
+    cp uncrustify ../../uncrustify
+  fi
+  cd ../..
+  echo "Done building uncrustify"
+fi
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