README.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ You can install the cli locally or access it in the container:
 `abra app run $DOMAIN app sh`
 
 ### Deploy a plugin and create a bot user via abra scripts
-Furthermore there are two useful scripts:
+Furthermore there are useful scripts:
 
 ### 1. deploy plugin from git repro
 Most existing plugins are on github. Here you find links to the repos: https://plugins.mau.bot/ .
@@ -54,7 +54,16 @@ This will show an url to sign in via ssh. After sso-login the user will be a bot
 
 Now you are ready to go to create an instance (i.e. a plugin connected to a bot user) via web interface.
 
-### 3. plugin development
+### 3. installing further needed dependencies
+If the plugin you want to install has any further python-dependencies, you can manually install them by creating a `requirement.txt`, copying it to `/tmp` in the app container (eg. with `abra cp`) and run `install_packages`
+```
+abra app cp -<APP-NAME> ./path/to/your/local/requirements.txt app:/tmp/
+abra app cmd <APP-NAME> app install_packages
+```
+
+pip (documentation [here](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/requirements-file-format/)). The requirement.txt file can also specify module versions, which might be helpful for stability.  https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/requirements-file-format/
+
+### 4. plugin development
 Plugin / Bot development is quite straight forward.
 needed: `mbc`
 

abra.sh

@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ deploy_plugin () {
 assign_bot_user_via_sso () {
   mbc login -u $ADMIN_USER_NAME -p $(cat /run/secrets/admin_password) -s https://$DOMAIN -a $DOMAIN
   mbc auth -h $HOMESERVER_HOST --update-client --sso
+}
+
+# Helper function to install extra requirements for the reminder bot: https://github.com/MxMarx/reminder
+install_packages() { 
+  pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt --break-system-packages
 }

compose.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
 
     volumes:
       - maubot_data:/data:rw
+      - maubot_pip:/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages
     networks:
       - proxy
     configs:
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ configs:
 
 volumes:
   maubot_data:
+  maubot_pip:
 
 secrets:
   admin_password: