4 Quick Start Guide for the Feisty Meow Codebase
6 Commands that can be typed in a console or terminal are prefixed with "$".
7 (Do not include the dollar sign when copying and pasting commands.)
8 Information that varies by platform is prefixed with a '|' character.
10 This documentation assumes that the code is stored in the default location:
11 /opt/feistymeow.org/feistymeow
12 If you have stored it elsewhere, then please adapt the commands accordingly.
16 How to get the feisty meow codebase
18 | On Microsoft Windows, install the Cygwin tools as documented here:
19 | /opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/documentation/cygwin_install_list.txt (local file) or
20 | https://feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/documentation/cygwin_install_list.txt (web)
22 Retrieve a clone of the feisty meow codebase:
23 $ git clone git://feistymeow.org/feisty_meow
27 How to load the feisty meow script environment
29 Set up the feisty_meow scripts; this is only needed once, when you first get
31 $ bash /opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/scripts/core/reconfigure_feisty_meow.sh
33 Connect the feisty meow scripts to your login script (in ~/.bashrc).
34 Note that this actually modifies ~/.bashrc. This step is only needed once.
35 $ bash /opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/scripts/core/connect_feisty_meow.sh
37 | For the root user, you can pass a flag '--root' to the connect_feisty_meow
38 | script. This will add an alias for 'feistyme' which loads the feisty meow
39 | scripts on demand (instead of automatically upon login).
41 Load the script environment into the current shell. This can be done for
42 any new shell. This is idempotent, so it does no harm to run it again.
43 Note that you should not need this step if you connected feisty meow to
45 $ source /opt/feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
47 When the feisty meow script environment loaded, many new aliases and
48 functions are available for use. These come from the $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS
50 There is a list of feisty meow script commands available at:
51 https://feistymeow.org/feisty_meow/documentation/feisty_meow_command_reference.txt
55 How to install the feisty meow script dependencies
57 A couple of perl modules are required by some of the scripts (including the
58 differ utility and the feisty meow customization system). They can be
59 installed with either apt or CPAN.
61 Install using apt (on Ubuntu or Debian-based OS):
62 $ sudo apt install libfile-which-perl libtext-diff-perl
64 Install using yum (on Centos or similar distros):
65 $ yum install perl-File-Which perl-Text-Diff
67 or Install using perl's CPAN:
68 $ sudo cpan install Text::Diff File::Which
70 or on Cygwin (MS-Windows), install with apt-cyg:
71 $ apt-cyg install perl-File-Which perl-Text-Diff
75 How to update the feisty meow codebase to the latest online version
77 This assumes that a somewhat current version of feisty meow is already
78 installed and the scripts are loaded (see above section for how to load).
80 The command below retrieves the latest version of feisty meow codebase
81 from the online repository and regenerates the scripts.
83 $ rpuffer $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX ; regenerate
87 How to install the build dependencies for feisty meow
89 These dependencies are used for building the applications, tools and tests
90 in the "nucleus", "octopi", "graphiq" and other C++ collections.
93 | $ sudo apt install build-essential librtmp-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssl-dev
95 | Centos / Redhat / Fedora:
96 | $ sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ openssl-devel.x86_64 curl-devel
98 The "kona" collection depends on Java version 8 or better.
101 | Set up the java PPA archive as described here:
102 | https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java
106 How to build the feisty meow codebase
108 Run the following command to build the feisty meow libraries and applications.
109 $ produce_feisty_meow
111 After the build is complete, the feisty meow applications can be found in
112 the folder pointed at by the $FEISTY_MEOW_BINARIES environment variable.
116 How to clean up the files generated by the build
118 This command cleans out all the generated files:
123 What are the feisty meow dependencies?
125 The feisty meow scripts depend on these scripting languages and tools:
127 perl (including Text::Diff and File::Which)
131 The feisty meow libraries and applications depend on these tools:
133 RTMP streams (?still? not sure.)
137 The feisty meow "kona" library depends on these languages:
144 Report bugs at the feisty meow trac site:
145 https://trac.feistymeow.org/projects/feistymeow/report
146 Email fred@gruntose.com for authorization to write up new bug reports.
148 There is also a github mirror of feisty meow at:
149 https://github.com/fredhamster/feisty_meow
150 The github repository will accept bug reports without an authorization process.
154 More information is available at the official site: https://feistymeow.org