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3 ============
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4 Installation
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5 ============
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7 This are the instructions to install SàT using Python.
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8 Note that if you are using GNU/Linux, Salut à Toi may already be present on your distribution.
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10 Salut à Toi 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
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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 sat-xmpp-hg (as well as other sat-\* packages).*
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20 You can install the latest development version using pip. You need to
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21 have the following dependencies installed first:
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23 - Python 3 with development headers
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24 - Python 3 "venv", which may be installed with Python 3
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25 - Mercurial
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33 - D-Bus x11 tools (this doesn't needs X11, it is just needed for dbus-launch)
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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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40 Now go in a location where you can install Salut à Toi, for
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41 instance your home directory::
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43 $ cd
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45 And enter the following commands (here we install SàT 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 sat
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49 $ source sat/bin/activate
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50 $ pip install wheel
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51 $ pip install hg+https://repos.goffi.org/sat_tmp "hg+https://repos.goffi.org/sat#egg=sat[SVG]"
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53 Don't worry if you see the following message, SàT should work anyway::
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57 After installing SàT, you need to install the media::
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59 $ cd
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60 $ hg clone https://repos.goffi.org/sat_media
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62 then, create the directory ``~/.config/sat``::
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64 $ mkdir -p ~/.config/sat
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66 and the file ``~/.config/sat/sat.conf`` containing:
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68 .. sourcecode:: cfg
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70 [DEFAULT]
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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
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78 =====
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80 To launch the sat backend, enter::
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82 $ sat
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84 …or, if you want to launch it in foreground::
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86 $ sat fg
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88 You can stop it with::
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90 $ sat stop
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92 To know if backend is launched or not::
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94 $ sat status
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96 **NOTE**: since SàT v0.5.0, the backend is automatically launched when a frontend needs it.
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98 You can check that SàT is installed correctly by trying jp (the backend need to be launched first, check below)::
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100 $ jp --version
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101 jp 0.8.0D « La Cecília » (rev df26f1a9020a [M] (default 2020-04-14 21:01 +0200) +231) Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Jérôme Poisson, Adrien Cossa
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102 This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
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103 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
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105 If you have a similar output, SàT is working.
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107 .. note::
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109 if you have the message ``/!\ D-Bus is not launched, please see README to see
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110 instructions on how to launch it`` that mean that the D-Bus service is not launched, this
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111 usually happens when launching SàT on a server, without graphic interface like X.org or
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112 Wayland (in which case D-Bus service should be launcher automatically).
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114 As the message states, instructions on how to launch the service are given in the README
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115 file of Salut à Toi.
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117 Frontends
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118 =========
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120 So far, the following frontends exist and are actively maintained:
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122 Cagou
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123 desktop/mobile (Android) frontend
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125 Libervia
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126 the web frontend
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128 Primitivus
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129 Text User Interface
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131 jp
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132 Command Line Interface
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134 To launch Primitivus, just type::
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136 $ primitivus
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138 then create a profile (XMPP account must already exist).
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140 To use jp, follow its help::
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142 $ jp --help
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145 There are some other frontends:
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147 Bellaciao
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148 based on Qt, a rich desktop frontend (currently on hold)
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150 Wix
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151 former desktop frontend based on WxWidgets (deprecated with version 0.6.0)
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153 Sententia
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154 Emacs frontend developed by a third party (development is currently stalled)