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µbot is not a bot for scriptkiddies. It takes a bit of effort to install and
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does not yet come in a nice installation package. It's also not a click-and go
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solution and does not have a 'config wizard'. But if you're prepared to follow
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this guide you will end up with one of the best IRC bots since sliced bread.
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Since µbot does not yet come with nice install packages, you will need to
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install any prerequisites yourself. You will need the following software:
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* DBus and dbus-python
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* pygtk (only the gobject bits are needed)
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* mysql and python-MySQLdb (you could use sqlite or postgres as well)
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If you use Ubuntu, you can install all these packages with the following
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sudo apt-get install python2.5 dbus python-dbus python-django python-tz \
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python-chardet python-gobject mysql-server-5.0 \
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python-mysqldb python-apt bzr
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The code is hosted at launchpad.net, where development is coordinated. To
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download the code, you need to use ``bzr``. The follwing command will create
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a copy of the µbot sourcecode in a directory called ``ubot``. ::
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bzr branch lp:ubot ubot
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To update the code to the latest version, you can use the following command
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in the newly created ``ubot`` directory ::
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Since µbot is written in python, it does not need to be compiled. Installation
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Since µbot is fairly simple, configuring it is a breeze. There are only a few
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variables to set. For a simple setup without failover, the following is enough ::
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server1 = irc.freenode.net
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There is no limit to the number of nicks or servers you can define, just make
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sure they have consecutive, increasing numbers. Place this in
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``~/.ubot/<busname>/config`` (replace <busname> with something alpanumeric
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that's similar to the bots nickname).
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