5 Before you begin you need some preparations.
16 m_Librarian is written in Python and requires Python 2.7. So install
17 Python 2.7 first. Install required modules: SQLObject and m_lib. pip
18 `installs <install.html>`_ required modules automatically.
24 The program works with local library archives so download some. In
25 addition to the very libraries you need to get INPX indices for them —
26 m_Librarian cannot index libraries yet.
31 m_librarian looks up configuration file in $HOME/.config/ (if your OS is
32 POSIX-compatible). The configuration file must be named
33 ``m_librarian.conf``. It must be in ``ini``-file format. The following
34 sections and keys are now understood::
40 path = "path to the library archives"
43 format = "download file format"
45 Most programs have an option `-C|--config file` to use a non-default
51 The program needs a database. It can work with any database supported by
52 SQLObject. Preferred ones are: MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite. If you plan
53 to use an SQL server you must create a database yourself. For SQLite,
54 the database file will be created by the program, so it's the simplest
55 way of using m_Librarian.
60 In configuration file define section ``[database]`` with the only key
61 ``URI``. The value for the key must be a Database URI in format accepted
62 by SQLObject. Some examples::
65 URI = mysql://user:password@host/database
68 URI = postgres://user@host/database
71 URI = sqlite:///full/path/to/database
73 See some more examples in sample/m_librarian.conf. See detailed
74 description for DB URIs in `SQLObject documentation
75 <http://sqlobject.org/SQLObject.html#declaring-a-connection>`_.