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+MCBOT INSTALLATION
+------------------
+
+STEP 1)
+  REGISTER YOUR BOT TO AN IRC SERVER
+  EDIT /var/lib/nobody/.mcbotrc 
+  
+STEP 2)
+  FIX PERMISSIONS AND HIDE YOUR REGISTRATION DATA
+  chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/lib/nobody
+  chmod 775 /var/lib/nobody
+  chmod 600 /var/lib/nobody/.mcbotrc
+
+STEP 3)
+  /etc/init.d/mcbot start
+
+STEP 4)
+	dbtool -a -k mcbot.cgi -v http://your.domain.com/cgi-bin/mcbot.cgi
+	dbtool -a -k mcbot.user -v <admin nick>         # mbroeker
+	dbtool -a -k mcbot.email -v <admin-hostmask>    # pppool.de
+
+STEP 5)
+	Check your locale settings in /etc/init.d/mcbot
+	LANGUAGE="de_DE.UTF-8" or LANGUAGE="en_US.UTF-8" for example