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 Minetest scuttlebutt mod called «scuttlebut» is a WIP mod that allows minetest player to send messages to a scuttlebutt user, given is scuttlebutt `sbkey`.
 
+## installation
+Go to the approriate `mods` subdirectory of your minetest game installation. Clone this repo as `scuttlebutt` directory name:
+
+```
+git clone https://git.p2p.legal/be1/minetest-scuttlebutt.git scuttlebutt
+```
+
+Install an ssb server for the unix user being the same as the minetest server.  Configure your minetset server to enable the module as a trusted mod and restart minetest server.
+
 ## usage
 Once installed in the mods subdirectory of minetest home as `scuttlebutt` subdirectory (see minetest documentation), this mod allow to player who have the `ssb` privilege to send a private message with the command `/ssb <sbkey> [message]` to the scuttlebutt user identified by `sbkey`. This module must be set as a trusted module of minetest because it requires extra Lua modules to work, namely:
 
@@ -14,4 +23,4 @@ This mod needs an ssb server to work on the same host and owned by the minetest
 `Minetest bot here. <player> says: Please join me on <hostname>:<port>`
 
 ## further work
-Currently this mod can only send messages. Back message polling will be implemented in order to redispatch replies to the minetest players.
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+Currently this mod can only send messages. Back message polling will be implemented in order to redispatch replies to the minetest players.