A quick rewrite of the README, hope this can help

README.md

@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
 # Notifications Monitor
 
-Monitorize your notifications and get a temporary list of the notifications.
+Monitor your notifications and get a temporary list of the notifications.
 
 ![demonstration](./misc/demonstration.png)
 
+## Dependencies
+- Node.js (to run the program; by default, the package will be installed using
+	npm or yarn)
+- dbus-next : https://github.com/dbusjs/node-dbus-next
+	The dbus library for node. If you're using yarn or npm, it will be added during
+	the installation of this package.
+
 ## Installation
 
-You can install this using this commands:
+You can install this using these commands:
 
 ```sh
-git clone https://github.com/AlphaTechnolog/notifications-monitor.git notifications-monitor
+git clone https://github.com/AlphaTechnolog/notification-monitor.git notifications-monitor
 cd notifications-monitor
 ./bin/install.sh
 ```
 
-> Give sudo password if is necesary
+> You might need to provide the root password for installation
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -24,11 +31,11 @@ First in a terminal start the daemon with the `notifmonitord` launcher (it's aut
 notifmonitord &
 ```
 
-> If VERBOSE config variable is true, it can't be executed in background :v
+> If the VERBOSE config variable is true, the daemon can't be executed in the background :v
 
-> VERBOSE by default is false, to change it, modify the file `notifications-monitor/src/daemon/index.js` and then reinstall
+> VERBOSE is false by default. To change it, modify the file `notifications-monitor/src/daemon/index.js` and then reinstall
 
-In a second terminal, you can get the details of the notifications using the `remote-notifmonitor` launcher, that are autoinstalled too:
+In a second terminal, you can get the details of the notifications using the `remote-notifmonitor` launcher, that is autoinstalled too:
 
 ### Get help
 
@@ -46,4 +53,4 @@ remote-notifmonitor get-notifications
 
 ```sh
 remote-notifmonitor check-toread
-```
+```

bin/install.sh

@@ -1,31 +1,58 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "Using sudo for some actions, please give the password"\
-
-if test -d /opt/notifications-monitor; then
-    echo "Already exists another installation of notifications-monitor in /opt/notifications-monitor, removing to reinstall..."
-    sudo rm -rf /opt/notifications-monitor
-fi
-
-if test -f /usr/bin/remote-notifmonitor; then
-    echo "Removing launcher remote-notifmonitor"
-    sudo rm /usr/bin/remote-notifmonitor
-fi
-
-if test -f /usr/bin/notifmonitord; then
-    echo "Removing launcher notifmonitord"
-    sudo rm /usr/bin/notifmonitord
+ROOTUID="0"
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" -eq "$ROOTUID" ] ; then
+    if test -d /opt/notifications-monitor; then
+        echo "Already exists another installation of notifications-monitor in /opt/notifications-monitor, removing to reinstall..."
+        rm -rf /opt/notifications-monitor
+    fi
+
+    if test -f /usr/bin/remote-notifmonitor; then
+        echo "Removing launcher remote-notifmonitor"
+        rm /usr/bin/remote-notifmonitor
+    fi
+
+    if test -f /usr/bin/notifmonitord; then
+        echo "Removing launcher notifmonitord"
+        rm /usr/bin/notifmonitord
+    fi
+
+    cd $(dirname $0)/../
+
+    echo "Copying source code"
+    mkdir -p /opt/notifications-monitor
+    cp -r ./* /opt/notifications-monitor
+
+    echo "Installing dependancies ..."
+    cd /opt/notifications-monitor
+    if command -v yarn; then
+        yarn install
+    elif command -v npm; then
+        npm install
+    else
+        echo "The source code was copied to /opt, but we can't use your node package manager."
+        echo "Please install the package manually."
+        echo "The lauchers will be created anyway, but might not be functionnal until you install the dependencies"
+    fi
+
+
+    echo "Creating launchers"
+    cp -r /opt/notifications-monitor/bin/launchers/* /usr/bin
+    chmod +x /usr/bin/{notifmonitord,remote-notifmonitor}
+
+    echo "Giving permissions to your user"
+    chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) /opt/notifications-monitor
+
+else # No root access, tries again
+    echo "This script needs root access to proceed to the installation."
+    if command -v sudo; then
+        echo "Running with sudo, please enter your password :"
+        sudo "${BASH_SOURCE}"
+    elif command -v doas; then
+        echo "Running with doas, please enter your password :"
+        doas "${BASH_SOURCE}"
+    else
+        echo "Please run the script with a sudo-like utility or with root."
+    fi
 fi
-
-cd $(dirname $0)/../
-
-echo "Copying source code"
-sudo mkdir -p /opt/notifications-monitor
-sudo cp -r ./* /opt/notifications-monitor
-
-echo "Creating launchers"
-sudo cp -r /opt/notifications-monitor/bin/launchers/* /usr/bin
-sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/{notifmonitord,remote-notifmonitor}
-
-echo "Giving permissions to your user"
-sudo chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) /opt/notifications-monitor

package.json

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "client": "node ./src/client/index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "dbus-next": "^0.10.2"
+    "dbus-next": "^0.10.2",
+    "debug" : "*"
   }
 }