Installation FAQ

  • I try to install bots at Windows Vista/7, but.....
    • Probably a rights problem - you'll have to have administrator rights in order to do a proper install.
    • Right click the installer program, and choose 'Run as Administrator'.
    • Bots works on Vista/7/8!
    • sometimes the shortcut is not installed in the menu, and you will have to make this manually. See StartGetBotsRunning
  • Does bots have edifact and x12 messages installed out-of-the-box?
    • No. But this can be downloaded on the sourceforge site either as part of a working configuration (plugin) of separate (grammars).
  • Bots is not working on linux - rights problems.
    • Start bots-webserver and bots-engine with sufficient rights - e.g. as root.
    • Change the owner/rights of the files in botssys, usersys and config; run bots-webserver/bots-engine without root rights.
  • During windows installation: Error:
close failed in file object destructor: 
sys.excepthook is missing 
lost sys.stderr

-   seems to happen when UAC is turned off.
-   Actually bots just seems to be installed OK, and works OK.....
-   Fixed this in version 3.2