From c1273ba4f1a2196f330bcb90d8439a713b16e0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Eichert <102165928+ecxod@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 22:04:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md for systems using INIT

Some distributions do not use systemd, so they can use the attached init script
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 README.md | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f8235d..157e2a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,59 @@ docker-compose up -d
 Note the Docker commands expect a `nitter.conf` file in the directory you run
 them.
 
+### init.d
+
+touch /etc/init.d/nitter 
+editor /etc/init.d/nitter 
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/sh
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          nitter
+# Required-Start:    $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Required-Stop:     $network $local_fs $remote_fs
+# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: Nitter (An alternative Twitter front-end)
+# Description:       Nitter service script
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Change these to match your configuration
+USER="nitter"
+APP_DIR="/home/nitter/nitter"
+APP_EXEC="/home/nitter/nitter/nitter"
+APP_NAME="nitter"
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+    echo "Starting $APP_NAME"
+    cd "$APP_DIR"
+    su -s /bin/sh -c "$APP_EXEC" "$USER"
+    ;;
+  stop)
+    echo "Stopping $APP_NAME"
+    killall "$APP_NAME"
+    ;;
+  restart)
+    echo "Restarting $APP_NAME"
+    killall "$APP_NAME"
+    cd "$APP_DIR"
+    su -s /bin/sh -c "$APP_EXEC" "$USER"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
+```
+finally do not forget to :
+```
+sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nitter
+```
+
+
 ### systemd
 
 To run Nitter via systemd you can use this service file: