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4 Installation | |
5 ============ | |
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7 This are the instructions to install Libervia using Python. |
3505 | 8 Note that if you are using GNU/Linux, Libervia may already be present on your distribution. |
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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 0.8. |
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14 Development version | |
15 ------------------- | |
16 | |
17 *Note for Arch users: a pkgbuild is available for your distribution on | |
18 AUR, check sat-xmpp-hg (as well as other sat-\* packages).* | |
19 | |
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 |
3383 | 24 - Python 3 "venv", which may already be installed with Python 3 |
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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36 On Debian and derivatives, you can get all this with following command:: | |
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38 $ 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 |
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3505 | 40 Now go in a location where you can install Libervia, for |
2946 | 41 instance your home directory:: |
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43 $ cd | |
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45 And enter the following commands (here we install Libervia with SVG support, which is needed to |
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46 display SVG avatars on some frontends):: |
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48 $ python3 -m venv libervia |
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49 $ source libervia/bin/activate |
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50 $ pip install -U pip wheel |
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51 $ pip install -r requirements.txt |
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53 Don't worry if you see the following message, Libervia should work anyway:: |
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55 Failed building wheel for pygobject | |
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57 After installing Libervia, you need to install the media:: |
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59 $ cd | |
60 $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/sat_media | |
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62 then, create the directory ``~/.config/libervia``:: |
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64 $ mkdir -p ~/.config/libervia |
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66 and the file ``~/.config/libervia/libervia.conf`` containing: |
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68 .. sourcecode:: cfg | |
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70 [DEFAULT] | |
71 media_dir = ~/sat_media | |
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73 Of course, replace ``~/sat_media`` with the actual path you have used. | |
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75 You can check :ref:`configuration` for details |
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77 Usage | |
78 ===== | |
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80 To launch the Libervia backend, enter:: |
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82 $ libervia-backend |
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84 …or, if you want to launch it in foreground:: | |
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86 $ libervia-backend fg |
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88 You can stop it with:: | |
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90 $ libervia-backend stop |
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92 To know if backend is launched or not:: | |
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94 $ libervia-backend status |
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96 **NOTE**: if ``misc/org.libervia.Libervia.service`` is installed correctly (which should |
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97 be done by during the installation), the backend is automatically launched when a frontend |
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98 needs it. |
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100 You can check that Libervia is installed correctly by trying jp (the backend need to be |
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101 launched first, check below):: |
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103 $ li --version |
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104 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 |
2946 | 105 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; |
106 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. | |
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108 If you have a similar output, Libervia is working. |
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112 if you have the message ``/!\ D-Bus is not launched, please see README to see |
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113 instructions on how to launch it`` that mean that the D-Bus service is not launched, this |
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114 usually happens when launching Libervia on a server, without graphic interface like X.org or |
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115 Wayland (in which case D-Bus service should be launcher automatically). |
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117 As the message states, instructions on how to launch the service are given in the README |
3505 | 118 file of Libervia. |
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2946 | 120 Frontends |
121 ========= | |
122 | |
123 So far, the following frontends exist and are actively maintained: | |
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125 Libervia Desktop (aka Cagou) |
2946 | 126 desktop/mobile (Android) frontend |
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128 Libervia Web |
2946 | 129 the web frontend |
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131 Libervia TUI (aka Primitivus) |
2946 | 132 Text User Interface |
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134 Libervia CLI (aka jp or li) |
2946 | 135 Command Line Interface |
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137 To launch Libervia TUI, just type:: |
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139 $ libervia-tui |
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141 then create a profile (XMPP account must already exist). | |
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143 To use Libervia CLI, follow its help (``li`` is a shortcut for ``libervia-cli``):: |
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145 $ li --help |
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148 There are some other frontends: | |
149 | |
150 Bellaciao | |
151 based on Qt, a rich desktop frontend (currently on hold) | |
152 | |
153 Wix | |
154 former desktop frontend based on WxWidgets (deprecated with version 0.6.0) | |
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156 Sententia | |
157 Emacs frontend developed by a third party (development is currently stalled) |