clarify webob and decorator dependency issue

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index bce3fefa363a..6d822ef145a9 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: s7hoang <s7hoang at gmail dot com>
 pkgname=anki-sync-server-git
-pkgver=r258.b9a1203
+pkgver=r259.7ef3d4f
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A sync server for anki using a forked version from github.com/tsudoko (orig:dsnopek)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ optdepends=('python-pyqt5: dependency of bundled anki client'
 'qt5-svg>=5.12.2-1: dependency of bundled anki client'
 'portaudio: dependency of pyaudio which is a dependency of bundled anki'
 'mpv: optional dependency of bundled anki client'
+'python2-webob: if you want to run the server as a user other than the supplied anki-sync-server user'
+'python2-decorator: if you want to run the server as a user other than the supplied anki-sync-server user'
 )
 install=anki-sync-server.install
 source=('git+https://github.com/tsudoko/anki-sync-server')
diff --git a/anki-sync-server.install b/anki-sync-server.install
index 1b5933efc587..b5a880a2cfea 100644
--- a/anki-sync-server.install
+++ b/anki-sync-server.install
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ post_install() {
   # install prerequisites as stated on the website
   sudo -u anki-sync-server pip install -r /opt/anki-sync-server/anki-bundled/requirements.txt --user 
   sudo -u anki-sync-server pip install webob --user
+  sudo -u anki-sync-server pip install decorator --user
 
   # post installation instructions
   cat << EOF 
@@ -54,9 +55,19 @@ To just run the server, go to:
 
 then run:
 
-    python -m ankisyncd
+    sudo -u anki-sync-server python -m ankisyncd
 
-The server is set to auto start on boot.
+if you run it as another user you may have to install some dependencies again:
+
+  pip install --user webob decorator
+
+or:
+
+  sudo pacman -S python2-webob python2-decorator
+
+=== (be aware you may have trouble with permissions on your auth.db if you run as different users!) ===
+
+The server is set to auto start via systemctl.
 See:
 
     systemctl status anki-sync-server