linux build guide + usage track

README.md

@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ thread 'main' panicked at 'WTF in main! Perhaps the credentials or the endpoint
 
 Not relevant to the average user.
 
-If you want to clone this repository and build the executable yourself, you might need to install the dependencies for [winres](https://github.com/mxre/winres).
+If you want to clone this repository and build the executable yourself for windows, you might need to install the dependencies for [winres](https://github.com/mxre/winres).
+
+If you are compiling on ubuntu, you need `openssl-dev` and `pkg-config`. Both are available in apt-get. On debian, `openssl-dev` is called differently.
 
 Note that this repository is **currently not licensed to you**. The source code belongs to me, but I do hereby grant you explicit permission to use the executables.

dbparse/src/lib.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const CONFIG_YAML_FILLABLE_TEMPLATE: &str = r###"db_conf:
 "###;
 
 const SIGNIN_POST_URL: &str = "https://db.cevi.ch/users/sign_in.json";
+const USAGE_TRACKING_URL: &str = "https://eric.mink.li/src/php/ccount/click.php?id=cevi_versand_usage";
 
 pub enum Verbosity {
     No,
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ pub struct MainReturns {
 pub fn run(user_interface: &dyn DbparseInteractor) -> Result<MainReturns, Box<dyn Error>> {
     // load database API token
     let config = setup_config(user_interface);
+    let _failure = track_usage();
     let dataset: ReasonableDataset = get_data_for_versand(&config).expect("WTF in main! Perhaps the credentials or the endpoint url are invalid?");
     user_interface.on_download_finished();
     return run_with_reasonable_dataset(dataset);
@@ -285,6 +287,11 @@ fn get_data_for_versand(
     return Ok(reasonable_dataset);
 }
 
+fn track_usage() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let _body = chttp::get(USAGE_TRACKING_URL)?.into_body().text()?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 fn reasonablify_body(body: &String) -> Result<ReasonableDataset, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // deserialize the json data into a struct
     let dese: PeopleRequest = serde_json::from_str::<PeopleRequest>(body.as_ref())?;