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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ First of all, you need `cowsay` from your local repositories. Obtain it from [here](http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez) if you wish to compile it yourself. This is often sufficient, but if is not you may be missing one of the standard packages: [bash](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/), [coreutils](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/) or [sed](ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/). -[Download](https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/downloads) or clone the project. +[Download](/erkin/ponysay/downloads) or clone the project. In the terminal, `cd` into the ponysay directory and `make && make install`. This will install ponysay into the $PREFIX (`/usr` by default, meaning you may need to `make install` as root, e.g. `sudo make install`.) @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ This requires that you have the `fortune` utility installed. You can install it or just fetch the source code from [here](ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/games/amusements/fortune/). You can try [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlelinux/comments/srixi/using_ponysay_with_a_ponified_fortune_warning/) script or -[ponypipe](https://github.com/maandree/ponypipe) to ponify fortunes. +[ponypipe](/maandree/ponypipe) to ponify fortunes. Edit your `~/.bashrc` and add this to the end of the file @@ -84,19 +84,17 @@ Dependencies ### Required runtime dependencies -`bash`: required for the main script [file: ponysay] +`bash`: bash is used in a minor part of the program to make everything work, this will be removed later -`cowsay`: this is a wrapper for cowsay - -`coreutils`: the main script uses stty, cut, ls, cat, sort, readlink, pwd, head and tail +`coreutils`: stty in coreutils used to determine size of the terminal, other parts of coreutils will not be needed for long -`sed`: used to remove .pony from pony names when running `ponysay -l` and `ponysay -l` +`cowsay`: this is a wrapper for cowsay -`perl`: required to run `ponysay -l` and `ponysay -L` +`python3`: Written in python 3 ### Package building dependencies -`gcc`: used for compiling ponysaytruncater.c +`gcc`: used for compiling ponysaytruncater.c (???) `gzip`: used for compressing manpages @@ -110,13 +108,13 @@ FAQ __Q:__ The output looks like a mess in _(TTY/PuTTY/other)_! -__A:__ Unfortunately, there's nothing much we can do about it. See [issue 1](https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/issues/1). +__A:__ Unfortunately, there's nothing much we can do about it. See [issue 1](/erkin/ponysay/issues/1). __Q:__ You are missing _(my-favourite-pony)_! -__A:__ [Ask](https://github.com/erkin/ponysay/issues) and we'll add! +__A:__ [Ask](/erkin/ponysay/issues) and we'll add! __Q:__ Which programs do you use to generate the pony files? __A:__ The pony files are actually mostly a bunch of selected [browser ponies](http://web.student.tuwien.ac.at/~e0427417/browser-ponies/ponies.html) -that are generated into cow files via [img2xterm](https://github.com/rossy2401/img2xterm) or [util-say](https://github.com/maandree/util-say). +that are generated into cow files via [img2xterm](/rossy2401/img2xterm) or [util-say](/maandree/util-say). |