Linux Installation Instructions

1. Download the source code tar.gz from the latest release

2. Extract it into a folder somewhere somewhere

3. Right Click inside the folder > Open in Terminal

4. Check python version. Run:

   • python3 --version
   • Requires at least python 3.6 or higher

5. Check if pip installed - Run:

   • pip or pip3
   • If not installed run: sudo apt install python3-pip

6. Install dependencies. Run:

   • pip3 install -r requirements.txt

7. Run the script:

   • python3 YouTubeSpammerPurge.py (possibly case sensitive, you can just rename it)

8. Remember: To use it, you need an API key in the form of a client_secrets.json file

   • See instructions in the ReadMe

Installation Scripts

• In the repo are the scripts install.sh and install_full.sh (basically depending on whether you need to also install tkinter, the gui component)
• These scripts are useful in handling multiple linux environments which have different package managers.