From 5318f7e661cec2908caf1c745dee91136221b630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Bailey <embailey02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:04:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added run-pip.sh to circumvent Poetry on systems where it
 does not work

---
 run-pip.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 run-pip.sh

diff --git a/run-pip.sh b/run-pip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c73e402f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-pip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get to a predictable directory, the directory of this script
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+[ -e environment ] && . ./environment
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+
+while true; do
+    git pull
+    poetry export --without-hashes > requirements.txt
+    python -m pip install --requirement requirements.txt
+    FONTCONFIG_FILE=$PWD/extra/fonts.conf python -m tle
+
+    (( $? != 42 )) && break
+
+    echo '==================================================================='
+    echo '=                       Restarting                                ='
+    echo '==================================================================='
+done

From 44fd607dc42112ee96d6340fb1d9032ac67c1dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Bailey <embailey02@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:05:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Updated README.md with instructions for using run-pip.sh

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 414428ac..7352712b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ python3.7 -m pip install poetry
 python3.7 -m poetry install
 ```
 
+On some systems, Poetry is not able to install TLE's dependencies correctly. If you are unable to run `poetry install` without errors after completing the steps below, see the note at the end of the *final steps* section.
+
 ---
 
 #### Library dependencies
@@ -91,6 +93,14 @@ To start TLE just run:
 ./run.sh
 ```
 
+On some systems, Poetry is unable to correctly install TLE's dependencies even after completing the above steps. In this case, using Pip to manage the dependencies instead may work. Note that Poetry still must be installed.
+
+To install dependencies in a virtual environment using Pip and start TLE, just run:
+
+```bash
+./run-pip.sh
+```
+
 ### Notes
 
 - In order to run admin-only commands, you need to have the `Admin` role, which needs to be created in your Discord server and assign it to yourself/other administrators.