Ruby modules needed for rbot
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Core requirements
bdb (berkley db) http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/bdb/
(which requires libdb4.x or better, formerly from
www.sleepycat.com, now at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/berkeley-db/index.html)
Most of the time you don't need to compile anything.
If you're running Linux, your distribution should
have a libdb-ruby packaged (or similar).
For Windows instructions, check at the bottom
of this file.
net/http 1.2+
net/https (for debian, this will also need libopenssl-ruby)
socket
uri
Useful but fallback provided
ruby-gettext 1.8.0+ http://www.yotabanana.com/hiki/ruby-gettext.html?ruby-gettext
optional; if installed rbot can use localized messages
htmlentities http://htmlentities.rubyforge.org/
optional; if installed rbot will use it to decode
HTML entities; if missing, an internal table with
the most common HTML entities will be used instead
hpricot http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/
optional, if installed rbot will used it to find
the first paragraph in HTML files; if missing,
regular expressions will be used instead
Plugin requirements
(these are all optional, if you don't have them, the plugins just won't
function)
bash, digg, slashdot, freshmeat, forecast:
REXML
rss:
rss
shortenurls:
shorturl
time:
tzinfo
translator:
mechanize
External programs needed for rbot
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Plugin requirements
(These are all optional)
cal plugin:
cal(1)
figlet plugin:
figlet(6)
fortune plugin:
fortune(6)
host plugin:
host(1)
spell plugin:
ispell(1)
Running rbot on win32
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You can install Ruby using the One-Click Ruby installer, available from
http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/
You can find a precompiled version of the bdb package for ruby here
http://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/binaries/mingw/1.8/ext/bdb-0.5.1-i386-mingw32-1.8.tar.gz
When you unpack the archive (e.g. using WinZip or 7-Zip or any other tool
of your choice) you'll notice that it contains the following directory structure:
usr
+---local
+---doc
+---lib
and you have to move the doc and lib folders (and all their contents) in the folder
where you installed Ruby (typically C:\Ruby\)
Further instructions
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For further instructions, check http://ruby-rbot.org/rbot-trac/wiki/InstallGuide
