jacksonjohnson/hangout

hangout

A script for maintaining persistant google hangouts. (We use this for connecting a remote office.)

Requirements

python

Make sure you are running python 2.7: http://www.python.org/download

unhangout

Create an unhangout conference room at http://unhangout.media.mit.edu/h/

git

Make sure you have git http://git-scm.com/

Clone git repo

Make a directory where you will store hangout (suggestions below):

mkdir ~/projects
mkdir ~/projects/hangout
cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/therealtomrose/hangout.git hangout

Setup Virtual Env

Create virtual environment

Do this where the project will live e.g. 'hangout' - install virtualenv:

sudo easy_install pip
sudo pip install virtualenv

install a new virtual environment in the directory where the project will live:

cd ~/projects
virtualenv --no-site-packages hangout/venv
sudo pip install -U versiontools

configure the local python path:

echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/projects/hangout' >> ~/projects/hangout/vevn/bin/activate
echo 'export PATH=~/projects/hangout:$PATH' >> ~/projects/hangout/venv/bin/activate

Install requirements

Run the pip installer with a requirements file.:

cd ~/projects/hangout
source bin/activate
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure Settings

Make a copy of the settings template file and enter your local settings.:
```
cd ~/projects/hangout
cp settings_local.template settings_local.py
```

Running

Load Virtual Environment

cd ~/projects/hangout
source venv/bin/activate

Run Hangout

python hangout.py

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