Build from Source

If you want the latest engine changes, build Gopherbot from a source checkout and keep that checkout as your install tree.

Build steps

git clone https://github.com/lnxjedi/gopherbot.git
cd gopherbot
make gopherbot

That leaves you with a gopherbot binary in the repository root.

Important detail

Do not copy just the binary somewhere else and throw the checkout away. The executable looks for shipped defaults and resources relative to its own location. A working source-based install tree includes at least:

• gopherbot
• conf/
• lib/
• resources/
• plugins/
• jobs/
• tasks/
• robot.skel/

Typical source-based workflow

git clone https://github.com/lnxjedi/gopherbot.git ~/src/gopherbot
cd ~/src/gopherbot
make gopherbot

mkdir -p ~/robots/acme
cd ~/robots/acme
~/src/gopherbot/gopherbot

In that example:

• ~/src/gopherbot is the engine install tree
• ~/robots/acme is the robot home

That split is the normal v3 authoring workflow.