buypeeb
===

a simple dotnet core program that allows you to track auctions on yahoo auctions japan, written in c#. designed for and
with linux, but works on windows.

## quick start (arch linux)

```bash
git clone https://git.bune.city/lynnesbian/buypeeb-cs
cd buypeeb-cs
sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk
dotnet run
```

## quick install (arch linux)

```bash
mkdir buypeeb
cd buypeeb
curl -O https://git.bune.city/lynnesbian/buypeeb-cs/raw/branch/master/PKGBUILD
makepkg -si # installs to /usr/bin/buypeeb
buypeeb
```

---

## installing prerequisites

you'll need the [dotnet core sdk](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/). buypeeb is written for .NET 5.0, so you'll need to
make sure you install that SDK version.

### debian

follow [these instructions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-debian) to add the dotnet repo
and install dotnet-sdk.

### arch linux

```
sudo pacman -S dotnet-sdk
```

### other linux distros

follow [these instructions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux) to install the relevant dotnet
SDK.

### windows

- download and install ".NET 5.0" from [this page](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet)
- run `dotnet build` - this *should* pull in gtk3 automatically - if not, you'll need
  to [install it yourself](https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer/releases/latest)

i have no idea how to install mono with gtksharp properly on windows, and believe me i tried

---

## compiling

```
dotnet build
```

---

## running

```
dotnet run
```

---

## compiling a standalone version

the standalone versions are rather big, so it's a good idea to compress them for distribution.

### linux

run `./release.sh`.

the binary will be located at `./out/release/linux/buypeeb`, with a [zstandard](https://facebook.github.io/zstd/)
compressed version at `buypeeb.tar.zst` in the same directory.

### windows

run `.\release.ps1`.

the binary will be located at `.\out\release\windows\buybeep.exe`, with a zip compressed version at `buypeep.zip` in the
same directory.

unfortunately, however, this program won't work on machines that don't have GTK3 installed, and installing GTK3
is [quite an undertaking](https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/windows/). a solution for this
is [in the works](https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp/issues/119), but there's not really anything to be done about it
right now.