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7 These are the instructions to install Libervia using Python. |
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3505 | 10 Libervia is made of one backend, and several frontends. To use it, the first thing to do is to install the backend. |
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12 We recommand to use development version for now, until the release of 0.9. |
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14 Development version | |
15 ------------------- | |
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17 *Note for Arch users: a pkgbuild is available for your distribution on | |
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18 AUR, check libervia-backend-hg (as well as other libervia-\* packages).* |
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20 You can install the latest development version using pip. You need to | |
21 have the following dependencies installed first: | |
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23 - Python 3 with development headers |
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2946 | 25 - Mercurial |
3383 | 26 - libcairo 2 with development header |
2946 | 27 - libjpeg with development headers |
28 - libgirepository 1.0 with development headers | |
29 - libdbus-1 with development headers | |
30 - libdbus-glib-1 with development headers | |
31 - libxml2 with development headers | |
32 - libxlt2 with development headers | |
33 - D-Bus x11 tools (this doesn't needs X11, it is just needed for dbus-launch) | |
34 - cmake | |
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35 - Python GPG package (and its GPG dependencies), those are needed to use all OpenPGP |
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36 related features. We need to use the system package as package version needs to match |
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37 system GPG version. |
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39 On Debian and derivatives, you can get all this with following command:: | |
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41 $ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel mercurial libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev libgirepository1.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev dbus-x11 cmake python3-gpg |
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43 Installation With pipx |
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44 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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46 If you have `pipx`_ installed, you can easily install the development version of the |
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47 backend by entering the following command: |
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49 .. code-block:: bash |
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51 $ pipx install --system-site-packages hg+https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-backend#egg=libervia-backend[SVG] |
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53 Installation With Virtual Environment And pip |
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54 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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56 Alternatively, you can install a virtual environment, clone the repository, and pip |
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59 Go in a location where you can install Libervia, for instance your home directory:: |
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61 $ cd | |
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63 And enter the following commands (here we install Libervia with SVG support, which is needed to |
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64 display SVG avatars on some frontends):: |
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66 $ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages libervia |
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67 $ source libervia/bin/activate |
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68 $ pip install -U pip wheel |
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69 $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-backend |
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70 $ cd libervia-backend |
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71 $ pip install -e . |
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73 Don't worry if you see the following message, Libervia should work anyway:: |
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75 Failed building wheel for <some_package_name> |
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77 Post Installation |
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78 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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80 After installing Libervia, you need to install the media (you may skip this if you don't |
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81 plan to use any graphical frontend):: |
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84 $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-media |
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86 then, create the directory ``~/.config/libervia``:: |
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88 $ mkdir -p ~/.config/libervia |
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90 and the file ``~/.config/libervia/libervia.conf`` containing: |
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92 .. sourcecode:: cfg | |
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94 [DEFAULT] | |
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97 Of course, replace ``~/libervia-media`` with the actual path you have used. |
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99 You can check :ref:`configuration` for details |
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101 Usage | |
102 ===== | |
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104 To launch the Libervia backend, enter:: |
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106 $ libervia-backend |
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108 …or, if you want to launch it in foreground:: | |
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110 $ libervia-backend fg |
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112 You can stop it with:: | |
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114 $ libervia-backend stop |
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116 To know if backend is launched or not:: | |
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118 $ libervia-backend status |
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120 **NOTE**: if ``misc/org.libervia.Libervia.service`` is installed correctly (which should |
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124 You can check that Libervia is installed correctly by trying jp (the backend need to be |
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125 launched first, check below):: |
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127 $ li --version |
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128 Libervia CLI 0.8.0D « La Cecília » (rev 184c66256bbc [M] (default 2021-06-09 11:35 +0200) +524) Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Jérôme Poisson, Adrien Cossa |
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130 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. | |
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132 If you have a similar output, Libervia is working. |
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136 You may see an error message indicating that D-Bus is not launched or that its |
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137 environment variable is not set, this usually happens when launching Libervia on a |
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138 server, without graphic interface like X.org or Wayland (otherwise D-Bus service should |
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144 You can launch the D-Bus service by creating a shell script with the following content |
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151 DBUS_PATH="/tmp/.dbus.`whoami`" |
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154 dbus-launch --sh-syntax > $DBUS_PATH |
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155 chmod 400 $DBUS_PATH |
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160 Then run it before the backend or frontend by entering:: |
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162 $ eval $(/path/to/dbus_launch.sh) |
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164 This will launch the D-Bus daemon if necessary, and set the appropriate environment |
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165 variable. If you use a new shell, be sure to launch the script again in an ``eval`` |
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169 If you don't want to use D-Bus, you can use another bridge, e.g. ``pb`` is a good |
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174 ========= | |
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176 So far, the following frontends exist and are actively maintained: | |
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178 Libervia Desktop (aka Cagou) |
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181 Libervia Web |
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184 Libervia TUI (aka Primitivus) |
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187 Libervia CLI (aka jp or li) |
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190 To launch Libervia TUI, just type:: |
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192 $ libervia-tui |
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194 then create a profile (XMPP account must already exist). | |
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196 To use Libervia CLI, follow its help (``li`` is a shortcut for ``libervia-cli``):: |
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198 $ li --help |
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201 There are some other frontends: | |
202 | |
203 Bellaciao | |
204 based on Qt, a rich desktop frontend (currently on hold) | |
205 | |
206 Wix | |
207 former desktop frontend based on WxWidgets (deprecated with version 0.6.0) | |
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209 Sententia | |
210 Emacs frontend developed by a third party (development is currently stalled) | |
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212 .. _pipx: https://pypa.github.io/pipx/ |