diff --git a/promnesia-howto.md b/promnesia-howto.md index 9b8bbef9a..c6d069367 100644 --- a/promnesia-howto.md +++ b/promnesia-howto.md @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ From [[go/promnesia/git]], which I will be following in this procedure: I would myself qualify this a bit and say that Promnesia is a tool with several legs, one of which is the browser extension; to get the full benefits, you also need to install a local process in your machine (a "backend"). In any case, let's begin: -- Install the browser extension component. +- Install the *browser extension* component. - Currently supported are [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/promnesia/) and [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/promnesia/kdmegllpofldcpaclldkopnnjjljoiio). Choose one :) I use Firefox. -- Install the local process. +- Install the *local process*. - On Linux, type in your terminal: ```pip3 install --user promnesia bs4 lxml mistletoe logzero```. If pip3 is not found, please refer to [[pip]] to install it. - On OSX: should be the same. - On Windows: unsure. I have a Windows install so I might give it a try soon and report back; [[let me know]] if you are interested and I'll prioritize this. @@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ I would myself qualify this a bit and say that Promnesia is a tool with several - Edit to your liking. I started from [[promnesia config]]. - Start the local process. - `promnesia serve` -- Make the local process sticky. - - `promnesia install` +- Make the local process sticky across reboots. + - `promnesia install-server` - Configure the periodic indexer. - Add a [[cronjob]] that runs `promnesia index`. I run mine every X minutes. - Enjoy! ## Thoughts / asides: -- *love* the pip3 based install. *love* `promnesia install` to set up systemctl +- *love* the pip3 based install. *love* `promnesia install-server` to set up systemctl! - It might be good to just make optional dependencies default, so that `pip3 install --user promnesia` suffices? - I got this exception when trying to run promnesia after updating my config: - `AssertionError: /home/flancian/.local/share/promnesia/promnesia.sqlite`