How to use multiuser mode with source / linux installation?

[fow0ryl]

Hello,
this is the first time I'm trying to use kleinanzeigen-bot.
I'm running arch-linux as a real multi-user system.

Python, pip, pdm has already be installed before kleinanzeigen-bot.
This is what I have done as root using the source variant to get kleinanzeigen-bot work:

$ cd /opt
$ git clone https://github.com/Second-Hand-Friends/kleinanzeigen-bot/
$ cd kleinanzeigen-bot
$ pdm install
$ pdm run app --help

But I did not find any option to switch to multiuser mode.
When trying to create a config as normal user I get this:

$ cd /opt/kleinanzeigen-bot
$ pdm run app --config ~/.config/Kleinanzeigen/config.yaml --logfile ~/log/Kleinanzeigen.log create-config
 _    _      _                           _                       _           _
| | _| | ___(_)_ __   __ _ _ __  _______(_) __ _  ___ _ __      | |__   ___ | |_
| |/ / |/ _ \ | '_ \ / _` | '_ \|_  / _ \ |/ _` |/ _ \ '_ \ ____| '_ \ / _ \| __|
|   <| |  __/ | | | | (_| | | | |/ /  __/ | (_| |  __/ | | |____| |_) | (_) | |_
|_|\_\_|\___|_|_| |_|\__,_|_| |_/___\___|_|\__, |\___|_| |_|    |_.__/ \___/ \__|
                                           |___/
                         https://github.com/Second-Hand-Friends/kleinanzeigen-bot
                         Version: 2026+7a27cc0

[INFO] Installationsmodus: portable (current directory) [/home/XXXXX/.config/Kleinanzeigen/config.yaml]
[INFO] Speichere [/home/XXXXX/.config/Kleinanzeigen/config.yaml]...

No Choice to select multiuser mode ...
How to do it?

[1cu]

There are currently some limitations for the multiuser mode. If a user starts the bot using /opt/kleinanzeigen-bot/.venv/bin/python -m kleinanzeigen_bot create-config the bot will create the files in the appropriate places.

Currently --config isn't working properly with xdg-folders. Fix is in #818.

[fow0ryl]

@1cu
Thank you very much.

In meantime I have played around with the linux binary version.
And I have found another unpleasant behaviour ...
I have placed the kleinanzeigen-bot in /usr/local/bin for testing.
As normal user I was able to create a user specific config in portable mode, when calling the bot full qualified.
This can be done easy i.e. using a desktop entry in environments with GUI
/usr/local/bin/kleinanzeigen-bot --config ~/Kleinanzeigen/config.yaml --logfile ~/log/Kleinanzeigen.log create-config

But when using the download function afterwards, I noticed that the directory downloaded-ads is created in cwd.
So the location of the directory travels through the hole file system and you get dozens of directories :(
Maybe its useful to add an config entry in config.yaml where to find the download directory.

[1cu]

This is already addressed in #818. Hope to have it merged today or tomorrow.

[1cu]

Fix is in the current release.