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AutomateIt is feature-complete, exceeds the capabilities of similar products, and ensures its quality with a self-test suite. However, this is a young product and users are expected to be willing to accept some rough edges and upgrade regularly.

Install

  1. Install the Ruby programming language
  2. Install the RubyGems tool for installing Ruby packages
  3. Install the AutomateIt package -- if you get a permission denied error, use sudo or switch to a root or Administrator account to run: 
    gem install -y automateit

  4. Run automateit -v. If it displays a version number, all is well. Otherwise, read the Installation issues page.

  5. See the Screenshots and Tutorial to learn how to use the toolkit.

Update

  1. Read the Changes page to learn about API changes, bugfixes and new features.
  2. Update the AutomateIt gem -- if you get a permission denied error, use sudo or switch to a root or Administrator account to run: 
    gem update -y automateit
  3. Run your recipes with the --preview options to make sure they still work.

Browse source

You can browse AutomateIt’s source code online.

Download source

  1. Install the Mercurial distributed revision control system.
  2. Download the AutomateIt source code: 
    hg clone http://automateit.org/hg/automateit automateit-dev
  3. Read the code in the newly-created automateit-dev directory.
  4. The repository may contain unreleased and unstable changes. Install the gem if you need stability.
  5. You can also run AutomateIt directly from the checkout, e.g., automateit-dev/bin/automateit -h.