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post_install() {
    echo
    echo "   ZoneMinder Event Notification Server has been installed but some additional steps are required:"
    echo
    echo "0) This software is heavilly WIP, so you should take it for granted that each and every new release"
    echo "   will probably contain some breaking changes that will require manual intervention on your part."
    echo
    echo "   May the following link be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out:"
    echo
    echo "   https://zmeventnotification.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/breaking.html"
    echo
    echo "1) If your ZoneMinder instance is not located at http://localhost:8095, or if you have locked it behind"
    echo "   a password, you should make sure to edit /etc/zoneminder/secrets.ini and fill in any required info."
    echo
    echo "   Better yet, because that file also contains some other very useful tidbits, it wouldn't hurt to"
    echo "   check it out anyway and become familiar with it."
    echo
    echo "2) You should also take a look at /etc/zoneminder/objectconfig.ini and /etc/zoneminder/zmeventnotification.ini"
    echo "   which contain the settings for the OpenCV object recognition algorithms and for the server itself, respectively."
    echo
    echo "   Especially the former, objectconfig.ini, is the go-to file if you want to set up your cameras so they can"
    echo "   utilize OpenCV and properly take advantage of its superb object recognition capabilities."
    echo
    echo "3) After you're done with the previous steps, you are highly encouraged to verify that the server has been"
    echo "   properly installed and configured by first launching it once manually. To do so, run the following:"
    echo
    echo "   sudo -u http /usr/bin/zmeventnotification.pl"
    echo
}