Merge pull request #44 from oderwat/fix-readme

I added some important info to the readme.
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Dominik Picheta 2015-02-15 12:41:33 +00:00
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Clone this repo and execute ``nimble build`` in this repositories directory.
_See also: Running the forum for how to create the database_
## Dependencies
The code depends on the RST parser of the Nim
@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ or you will be greeted by a cryptic error message similar to:
$ ./forum could not load: libcairo.so(1.2)
### Mac OS X
#### cairo
If you are using macosx and have installed the ``cairo`` library through
[MacPorts](https://www.macports.org) you still need to add the library path to
your ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable. Example:
@ -28,6 +33,41 @@ your ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` environment variable. Example:
Replace ``/opt/local/lib`` with the correct path on your system.
#### bcrypt
On macosx you also need to make sure to use the bcrypt >= 0.2.1 module if that
is not yet updated you can install it with:
```
nimble install https://github.com/oderwat/bcryptnim.git@#fix-osx
```
You may also need to change `nimforum.nimble` such that it uses 0.2.1 by
changing the dependencies slightly.
```
[Deps]
Requires: "nimrod >= 0.10.3, cairo#head, jester#head, bcrypt >= 0.2.1"
```
# Running the forum
**Important: You need to compile and run `createdb` to generate the initial database
before you can run `forum` the first time**!
This is as simple as:
```
nim c -r createdb
```
After that you can just run `forum` and if everything is ok you will get the info which URL you need to open in your browser (http://localhost:5000) to access it.
_There is an update helper `editdb` which you can safely ignore for now._
_The files `captchas.nim`, `cache.nim` are included by `forum.nim` and do
not need to be compiled by you._
# Copyright
Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Andreas Rumpf, Dominik Picheta.