INSTALL-CENTOS7

Install on CentOS7:
This bot is intended to run in a dedicated host/container.

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
yum install mariadb mariadb-libs mariadb-server aspell aspell-devel perl-App-cpanminus

# SETUP DB SERVER

$ secure_mysql_setup

$ mysql -uroot -p

CREATE DATABASE $MYSQL_DATABASE
CREATE USER '$MYSQL_USERNAME'@'localhost';
GRANT ALL ON $MYSQL_DATABASE.* to '$MYSQL_USERNAME'@'localhost';
SET PASSWORD for '$MYSQL_USERNAME'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('$MYSQL_PASSWORD');

$ sudo -u $user
$ vi .my.cnf (create .my.cnf)
$ exit

DSN LINE IS:   'dsn' => ['DBI:mysql:database=$MYSQL_DATABASE;host=localhost', '$MYSQL_USERNAME', '$MYSQL_PASSWORD', {}, { 'quote_names' => 1 }],


# INSTALL PERL DEPS

$ cpanm Bot::BasicBot DBIx::Class JSON Net::Twitter DBD::mysql DateTime::Format::MySQL DateTime JSON Hailo Date::Parse Text::Aspell URI::Find HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath JSON::XS HTTP::Tiny WWW::Wunderground::API File::Cache SQL::Translator Hail Text::

# git clone
git clone https://github.com/MattDees/GeckBot.git

# Install mysql schema
perl create_scemas.pl
mysql freenode_towele < dbscriptdir/GeckBot-Logger-0.2-MySQL.sql

# copy script

cp geckbot.pl.sample mybot.pl


# edit config 
The config is stored in the .pl file itself:

$ vi mybot.pl

required fields to edit:

  server => "irc.freenode.net",
  channels => ["#geckbot"],
  nick      => "skagbot",
  'dsn' => ['DBI:mysql:database=$MYSQL_DATABASE;host=localhost', '$MYSQL_USERNAME', '$MYSQL_PASSWORD', {}, { 'quote_names' => 1 }],


#plugin specific configs:
    Weather:
      wunderground_api => { 'key' => ' WUNDERGROUND API KEY ' },
    Reddit:
      reddit_config => {
        '#geckbot' => 'funny',
      },
    Hailo:
      'hailo' => { brn_path => 'towel-e-new.brn' },


# RUN THE BOT
If you incantations have been correct, this should get your bot running

$ perl mybot.pl