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+# Minecraft Bot
+
+## Setup
+
+Assuming Debian / Ubuntu based distro:
+
+```
+$ sudo apt update
+$ sudo apt install build-essential python3 python3-dev python3-pip python-virtualenv python3-virtualenv
+$ virtualenv -p python3 env
+$ source env/bin/activate
+(env) $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+Always make sure the virtual environment is running `(env)`.
+
+## Running
+
+```
+(env) $ USERNAME=you@domain.com PASSWORD=supersecret SERVER=example.com python main.py
+```
+