To get controlbot running on a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10/9.10:

$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
[uncomment all repositories, then type :wq to save] 

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install ruby ri irb

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
[At the Sun licensing prompts, tab to OK/Yes and press enter]

$ sudo apt-get install python-tk

$ sudo apt-get install megahal
[start megahal up at least once, to create the .megahal directory]

$ sudo apt-get install wordnet

$ wget -O controlbot.zip "http://subbot.org/controlbot.zip"

$ unzip controlbot.zip

$ cp controlbot/controller/megahal/megahal.trn .megahal

$ wget -O controlbot/controller/logicagent/graph.yaml "http://subbot.org/logicagent/graph.yaml"
[optional]

$ cd controlbot

$ . ./startbot.sh