From 770e6daa90ea9d02ac0c56c7566288bd72812f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elara Musayelyan <elara@elara.ws>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 20:30:24 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add instructions for building and running

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 README.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 ### Debugging
 
-In order to enable debug log messages, set `LEMMY_REPLY_BOT_DEBUG=1`.
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+In order to enable debug log messages, set `LEMMY_REPLY_BOT_DEBUG=1`.
+
+### Building and Running
+
+First, make sure Go 1.18 or newer is installed on your system. Older versions will not work.
+
+If you are planning to run it on the same machine as the one you're building on, simply run 
+
+```
+go build
+```
+
+And then you can start the bot with
+
+```
+./lemmy-reply-bot
+```
+
+If you want to run it on a different machine than the one you're building on, for example, a Raspberry Pi, you can build it like this:
+
+```
+GOARCH=arm64 go build
+```
+
+If your raspberry pi is 32-bit, use `arm` instead of `arm64`. Then, you can run it the same way I described above.
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