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+`ircbothist` - IRC Bot for persistent history
+
+## Install (Debian-based system):
+
+```
+# apt update
+# apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
+# mkdir -p /opt/ircbothist
+# wget -c "https://q3aql.dev/scripts/ircbothist.py" -O /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py
+# python3 -m venv /opt/ircbothist
+# source /opt/ircbothist/bin/activate
+# pip install --upgrade pip
+# pip install irc
+# useradd -m -s /bin/bash ircbot
+# chown ircbot:ircbot -R /opt/ircbothist
+```
+
+## Edit configuration:
+
+```                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
+# vim /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py                                                                                                                                                                       
+```  
+
+Replace these lines with your configuration:
+
+```
+######## CONFIGURATION (Edit with your settings)
+SERVER   = "localhost"
+PORT     = 6667
+USE_TLS  = False
+NICK     = "history-bot"
+REALNAME = "IRC Message History"
+CHANNELS = ["#support", "#linux"]
+MAX_HISTORY = 200
+PERSIST_FILE = "history.pkl"
+SAVE_INTERVAL = 60
+#########
+```
+
+## Add the bot at system startup:
+
+Create de file `/etc/systemd/system/ircbothist.service` with the following:
+
+```
+[Unit]
+Description=IRC history bot
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=ircbot
+Group=ircbot
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/ircbothist
+Environment=PATH=/opt/ircbothist/bin
+ExecStart=/opt/ircbothist/bin/python3 /opt/ircbothist/ircbothist.py
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+KillMode=process
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Add the service at startup and start it:
+
+```
+# systemctl daemon-reload
+# systemctl enable ircbothist
+# systemctl start ircbothist
+```
+
+## How to uninstall:
+
+```
+# rm -rf /opt/ircbothist
+# rm -rf /etc/system/system/ircbothist.service
+# deluser ircbot
+```
+
+## Dependencies
+* python3
+* python3-irc
+* python3-pip
+