From d8ab66910c00bff50518cac078f5f54be5d3ae1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Golub Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:20:09 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Created Linux usage instructions (markdown) --- Linux-usage-instructions.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Linux-usage-instructions.md diff --git a/Linux-usage-instructions.md b/Linux-usage-instructions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f064aa --- /dev/null +++ b/Linux-usage-instructions.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Credits to [@RenanYudi](https://github.com/RenanYudi) + +You can use DiscordChatExporter with CLI and Mono. It isn't that user friendly, but it works. + +--- +**Installing Mono** +To get mono on Ubuntu/Debian ([other distros and more info here](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin-ubuntu)): +Open Terminal and type +1. `sudo apt-get install mono-devel` + +You can check if mono was installed successfully using `mono -V`, it should output its version. If it didn't work, try the link above for more info. + +--- + +**Downloading and using DiscordChatExporter** + +1. Download the latest DiscordChatExporter CLI release [here](https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter/releases/latest) and extract its contents on your Desktop to a folder called `DiscordChatExporter`. + +2. Open terminal and type to change Terminal directory: +`cd ~/Desktop/DiscordChatExporter` + +3. Replace `TOKEN` and `CHANNEL`, and execute the command to run DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe: +`mono DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe -t TOKEN -c CHANNEL` +--- +It's also possible to run the CLI on macOS, but installing mono is a little bit different, since you'd be using brew or macports instead of apt. + +The GUI version doesn't work on non-Windows OS. \ No newline at end of file