Installing Tuxbot

It is preferable to install the bot on a dedicated user. If you don't know how to do it, please refer to this guide

Installing the pre-requirements

$ sudo pacman -Syu python python-pip python-virtualenv git make gcc postgresql

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt -y install python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv git make gcc postgresql postgresql-client

$ sudo dnf update
$ sudo dnf install python3 python3-devel python3-pip python3-virtualenv git make gcc postgresql-server postgresql-contrib

not for now and not for the future

Now, you need to setup PostgreSQL

To set up the virtual environment and install the bot, simply run this two commands:

$ make
$ make install

Now, switch your environment to the virtual one by run this single command: source ~/venv/bin/activate

It's time to set up your first instance, to do this, you can simply execute this command:

tuxbot-setup

After following the instructions, you can run your instance by executing this command:

tuxbot

To update the whole bot after a git pull, just execute

$ make update