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| author | Ananth Bhaskararaman <ananth.b@qubecinema.com> | 2023-12-10 15:07:36 +0530 |
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| committer | Thomas Buckley-Houston <tom@tombh.co.uk> | 2023-12-12 07:50:21 -0500 |
| commit | 65344c3f80b9e3df8b8357a22932a78339c85e83 (patch) | |
| tree | a55f49823b70d7dd576d3516059fcbe63b57852f | |
| parent | f9c6fcf4cc0e591a8a6d3e2a2b5ccda4736f1412 (diff) | |
chore: Remove manual install steps
| -rw-r--r-- | SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md | 81 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 77 deletions
diff --git a/SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md b/SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md index 2821f7d..13150f0 100644 --- a/SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md +++ b/SETUP_DEV_LINUX.md @@ -1,49 +1,7 @@ # How to setup the build environment for browsh on a generic Linux system -You can follow this guide as-is on x86-64 based Linux distributions. -You may try to adapt it to other systems. -This guide assumes that you cannot install the required Go, NodeJS and Firefox packages -from your distribution's repositories. -In case they are available, you should install them using your system's package manager. - -## Installing golang - -Get the latest binary for your target Linux system from the [golang download page](https://golang.org/dl/). - -Extract to `/usr/local` with: - -```shell -tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.11.linux-amd64.tar.gz -``` - -Add `/usr/local/go/bin` to your `PATH` in `~/.profile` - -## Installing nodejs/npm - -Go to the [nodejs download page](https://nodejs.org/download) -and select the LTS version of the Linux x86 64bit binaries. - -```shell -mkdir /usr/local/lib/nodejs -VERSION=v8.11.4 -DISTRO=linux-x64 -tar -xJvf node-$VERSION-$DISTRO.tar.xz -C /usr/local/lib/nodejs -mv /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$VERSION-$DISTRO /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$VERSION -``` - -Edit your `~/.profile` to add `/usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-v8.11.4/bin` to your `PATH`, -then reload your profile: - -```shell -source ~/.profile -``` - -Create symlinks for *node* and *npm*: - -```shell -sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$VERSION/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node -sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$VERSION/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm -``` +Install Go, Node.js, and Firefox using your system's package manager. +**Browsh requires Version 57 or higher.** Now you should be able to call the *go* and *node* binaries: @@ -52,40 +10,10 @@ go version node --version ``` -## Installing webpack and webpack-cli - -The `--no-audit` flag gets around errors. You may not need it. - -```shell -npm install -g --no-audit webpack -npm install -g webpack-cli -``` - -## Installing web-ext - -The `--no-audit` flag gets around errors. You may not need it. - -```shell -npm install -g --no-audit --ignore-scripts web-ext -``` - -## Installing Firefox - -You may install *firefox* from your distribution's repositories. -**Browsh requires Version 57 or higher.** - -### Installing firefox from mozilla's binaries - -See `interfacer/contrib/setup_firefox.sh` for reference. +## Install webpack, webpack-cli, & web-ext ```shell -export FIREFOX_VERSION=60.0 -mkdir -p $HOME/bin -pushd $HOME/bin -curl -L -o firefox.tar.bz2 https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/$FIREFOX_VERSION/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-$FIREFOX_VERSION.tar.bz2 -bzip2 -d firefox.tar.bz2 -tar xf firefox.tar -popd +npm install -g webpack webpack-cli web-ext ``` ## Cloning the browsh repository @@ -105,7 +33,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh.git ```shell browsh=/path/to/browsh cd "$browsh/webext" -source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh # this is optional npm run get-gobindata npm install npm run build |