Installing Discord.js (Linux)
Now that you've got your bot account created, we can start installing discord.js!
TL;DR
- Node.js v6 and above
- Python 2.7
npm install --save discord.jsin your bot's project folder- Good to go!
Pre-requisites
Make sure you have node.js v6 and above installed, take a look here.
You'll also need Python 2.7, most linux distributions come with it anyway, but you can check if you have it by running
python --version. If this isn't 2.7, take a look at
installing Python.
Installing discord.js
Create a folder for your bot's code and then navigate to that folder in a terminal. We recommend that you also initialise
your bot project as an npm module, which you can do by running npm init, which starts a wizard that guides you through the
process. It makes distributing and managing your bot much easier in the future.
Install discord.js with npm install --save discord.js.
If you want your bot to be able to play and receive audio in voice channels, also type
npm install --global ffmpeg-binaries node-opus.
You may see UNMET PEER DEP errors, ignore them. You can ensure discord.js is installed by running npm list discord.js.