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 1. install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
 2. run `npm install` to install Node modules
 
-If you wish to run the script directly, you will need to have [Lumo](https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo) available on the shell path. Lumo can be installed globally via NPM by running:
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-    npm install -g lumo-cljs
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-If you get a [permission failure](https://github.com/anmonteiro/lumo/issues/206), try this:
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-    npm install -g lumo-cljs --unsafe-perm
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 ### usage
 
 * create a Mastodon API key following the instructions [here](https://tinysubversions.com/notes/mastodon-bot/)