Windows Guide
Setting Up NadekoBot on Windows With the Updater¶
Table of Contents |
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Prerequisites |
Setup |
Starting the Bot |
Updating Nadeko |
Manually Installing the Prerequisites from the Updater |
Note: If you want to make changes to Nadeko's source code, please follow the From Source guide instead.
Prerequisites¶
- Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
Optional
- Visual Studio Code (Highly suggested if you plan on editing files)
- Visual C++ 2010 (x86) and Visual C++ 2017 (x64) (both are required if you want Nadeko to play music - restart Windows after installation)
Setup¶
- Download and run the NadekoBot v3 Updater.
- Click on the + at the top left to create a new bot.
- Give your bot a name and then click
Go to setup
at the lower right. - Click on
DOWNLOAD
at the lower right - If you want to use the music module, click on
Install
next toFFMPEG
andYoutube-DLP
. - If any dependencies fail to install, you can temporarily disable your Windows Defender/AV until you install them. If you don't want to, then read the last section of this guide.
- When installation is finished, click on
CREDS
to the left ofRUN
at the lower right. - Follow the guide on how to Set up the creds.yml file.
Starting the bot¶
- Either click on
RUN
button in the updater or run the bot via its desktop shortcut.
Updating Nadeko¶
- Make sure Nadeko is closed and not running
(Run
.die
in a connected server to ensure it's not running). - Open NadekoBot Updater
- Click on your bot at the upper left (looks like a spy).
- Click on
Check for updates
. - If updates are available, you will be able to click on the Update button.
- Launch the bot
- You've updated and are running again, easy as that!
Music prerequisites¶
In order to use music commands, you need ffmpeg and yt-dlp installed.
- ffmpeg-32bit | ffmpeg-64bit - Download the appropriate version for your system (32 bit if you're running a 32 bit OS, or 64 if you're running a 64bit OS). Unzip it, and move ffmpeg.exe
to a path that's in your PATH environment variable. If you don't know what that is, just move the ffmpeg.exe
file to NadekoBot/output
.
- youtube-dlp - Click to download the yt-dlp.exe
file, then move yt-dlp.exe
to a path that's in your PATH environment variable. If you don't know what that is, just move the yt-dlp.exe
file to NadekoBot/system
.