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• Make sure you have git, python and pip.

  # the following commands should not produce error
  git --version
  python --version # 3.9 is recommended
  pip --version

  Note: In some systems python version 3 is availaible as python3

• First of all, clone the repository.

  git clone https://github.com/aahnik/howdoi-telegram.git

• Now, move into the howdoi-telegram directory.

  cd howdoi-telegram

• Create a python virtual enviroment.

  python -m venv .venv # create
  source .venv/bin/activate # activate (unix)
  # the command to activate virtual environment is different for Windows, google search

• Install the requirements.

  pip install -r requirements.txt

• Set BOT_TOKEN environment variable. Write the following into a file named .env.

  BOT_TOKEN=1234fsjksjfls23r4
  # use your own real token

  You can create a new bot and get token from @BotFather.

• Run the do.py, and you are good to go.

  python do.py

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