From dddb9f1a261764b15b4f4a7a84b7de30b883c63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Lu Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:57:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] use/install: we now require Python 3.4+ --- use/install.rst | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/use/install.rst b/use/install.rst index 0938607..da97812 100644 --- a/use/install.rst +++ b/use/install.rst @@ -109,14 +109,12 @@ If you followed the section above, skip this one. Dependencies ------------ -The only mandatory dependency is `Python`_ 2.6 or greater. However, it is -highly recommended you use Python 3.4 or greater. +The only mandatory dependency is Python 3.4 or greater. You may also install chardet and feedparser, which are used by Limnoria if they are available. -The remaining of this guide will assume you have Python 3. If you don't, -replace `python3` by `python` in the given commands +The remaining of this guide will assume you have Python 3. .. _Python: http://www.python.org/ @@ -158,10 +156,10 @@ Global installation (with root access) If you do not have root access, skip this section. -If you are logged in as root, you can remove ``sudo`` from the install +If you are logged in as root, you can remove ``sudo`` from the install commands. -*In case you want to use the testing branch which might be more up-to +*In case you want to use the testing branch which might be more up-to date BUT LESS TESTED, replace ``master`` with ``testing`` in the commands.* First we install Limnoria's optional dependencies (you can skip this @@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ Local installation (without root access) If you have followed the previous section, skip this one. -Simply add ``--user`` to the end of both commands. First we install +Simply add ``--user`` to the end of both commands. First we install requirements (you can skip it, but some features won't be available) and then Limnoria itself.:: @@ -203,11 +201,11 @@ We are now ready to configure Supybot. Supybot creates quite a few auxiliary files/directories to store its runtime data. It is thus recommended to create an empty directory from which you'll be running supybot, to keep all the data in a nice dedicated location. For example, you may create a 'runbot' directory -inside your home directory. +inside your home directory. Now you can cd to your 'runbot' directory, and from within it run ``supybot-wizard``, which will walk you through a series of questions to -generate the bot config file. +generate the bot config file. One thing to make sure to do in the wizard, to make your life easier down the line, is to select **y** for the *Would you like to add an owner user for your @@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ that you can later ''identify'' with the bot on IRC and administer it. Once you generate the config file, which will be named ``yourbotnick.conf`` (where "yourbotnick" is the nick you have chosen for your bot in the wizard), it will be placed in your 'runbot' directory. (As long as you leave the default -answer to the ''Where would you like to create these directories?'' question.) +answer to the ''Where would you like to create these directories?'' question.) Now to start the bot, run, still from within the 'runbot' directory::