kalliope/Docs/neuron_list.md

Neuron installation

A neuron is a module that will perform some actions attached to an order. You can use it in your synapses. See the complete neuron documentation for more information.

Neuron list

Get the full neuron list available on the project web site.

Installation

Core neurons are already packaged with the installation of kalliope an can be used out of the box. Community neuron need to be installed manually.

Note: To install a neuron, you must declare your resource_directory in your settings.

Via the kalliope's CLI

CLI syntax

kalliope install --git-url <git_url>

E.g:

kalliope install --git-url https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope_neuron_wikipedia.git

You may be prompted to type your sudo password during the process.

Manually

You can also install a neuron manually. Fist, clone the repo in the right resource folder.

cd /path/to/resource_folder
git clone <plugin_url>

Then install it manually via Ansible (Ansible has been installed with kalliope)

cd <cloned_repo>
ansible-playbook install.yml -K

Full example

cd /home/me/my_kalliope_config/resources/neurons
git clone https://github.com/kalliope-project/kalliope_neuron_hue.git
cd hue
ansible-playbook install.yml -K

Uninstall a resource

Via the kalliope's CLI

Note: To uninstall a resource, you must declare the resource_directory in your settings.

CLI syntax

kalliope uninstall --neuron-name <neuron_name>
kalliope uninstall --stt-name <stt_name>
kalliope uninstall --tts-name <tts_name>
kalliope uninstall --trigger-name <trigger_name>

E.g:

kalliope uninstall --neuron-name hue

Manually

To remove a resource, you only need to delete the folder from the corresponding resource_directory.

cd /path/to/resource_folder
rm -rf <resource_name>

E.g

cd /home/me/my_kalliope_config/resources/neurons
rm -rf hue

Note: When deleting a resource folder, libraries that have been installed by the resource are not removed from the system. If you want a complete cleanup, you'll have to open the install.yml file of the resource to see what have been installed and rollback manually each task. For example, when installing the neuron hue, the python lib called phue has been installed. To perform a complete cleanup, you need then to run "sudo pip uninstall phue".

Update a resource

To update a resource, you can either:

• uninstall the resource and then reinstall it back
• go into the resource directory and run a git pull