How to Install PolitePol on Arch Linux

PolitePol is a tool that allows you to extract text and metadata from various file formats, including PDF, Word, and HTML. Here is a step by step guide on how to install PolitePol on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Python 3: PolitePol is a Python-based tool, so you need to have Python 3 installed on your system.
• Git: You need to have Git installed on your system to clone PolitePol's GitHub repository.

To install these dependencies, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -S python git

Install PolitePol

1. Open your terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install PolitePol.

   cd /path/to/install/dir/
   

2. Clone the PolitePol GitHub repository using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/taroved/pol.git
   

3. Once the cloning process is complete, navigate into the PolitePol directory:

   cd pol
   

4. Now, you need to create a Python virtual environment for PolitePol to run in. This ensures that PolitePol does not interfere with any other Python packages installed on your system. Run the following command to create a virtual environment:

   python -m venv env
   

5. Activate the virtual environment:

   source env/bin/activate
   

6. Install the PolitePol dependencies using the following command:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

7. PolitePol does not come with an installer script, so you need to manually create a shell alias to run it. Open your shell configuration file (e.g. .bashrc, .zshrc, etc.):

   nano ~/.bashrc
   

8. Add the following line to the end of the file:

   alias politepol='python /path/to/install/dir/pol/politepol.py'
   

   Replace /path/to/install/dir/ with the path to the directory where you installed PolitePol in step 1.

9. Save the file and exit the editor. Apply your changes by running the following command:

   source ~/.bashrc
   

10. PolitePol is now installed on your system. You can test it by running the following command:

    politepol --help
    

    This should display the PolitePol help documentation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install PolitePol on Arch Linux. PolitePol is a powerful tool that allows you to extract text and metadata from various file formats. By following the steps in this tutorial, you can now use PolitePol to process your documents and extract the information you need.

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