On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 9:53 PM Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > > On 4/23/2020 4:34 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 6:08 PM Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote: > >> > >> On 4/23/2020 12:51 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > >>> On 4/23/2020 12:34 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> ... > >>>> 3) use a full VM, like VirtualBox, which is free. You should be up > >>>> and running in minutes. Ubuntu 20.04 came out today, and I will be > >>>> installing it shortly (first on a dual boot basis on one of my > >>>> machines, and soon enough as my primary OS on others). I don't expect > >>>> that you will encounter any VirtualBox specific problems, but if you > >>>> do, I should be able to reproduce them. Other than that, you will be > >>>> running on Ubuntu which is my primary development operating system. > >>> > >>> It sounds like this is probably the best option. > >> > >> I now have a VirtualBox running Ubuntu 20.04. > > > > Excellent! You are actually ahead of me. > > > >> Microsoft has made some changes that make getting VirtualBox working a > >> little more complicated than it used to be. Good information can be > >> found by just searching for the error message with "virtualbox" added. > >> Do we need to document that sort of thing anywhere, or can we assume any > >> potential Whimsy developer would know enough to Google an error message? > >> > >> I assume I should next try following the Whimsy Ubuntu instructions. > > > > Perhaps it might make sense to try the new node version first? > > > > sudo apt install nodejs yarnpkg subversion git > > The yarnpkg install was successful, but did not put the yarn command in > my path.
My bad. Uninstall yarnpkg, and then follow these instructions: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#debian-stable > > sudo snap install --classic code > > git clone https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs > > cd whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs > > yarn install > > This is where I got "command not found". > > pats@Ubuntu2:~/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs$ echo $PATH > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin > > > yarn dev > > code . > > > > As to the Ruby version, I'm pretty sure that nobody other than myself > > has tried the Ubuntu instructions. Since you have a recent Ubuntu, I > > would recommend ignoring the rbenv and rvm parts of the instructions. > > But we can work through these together, updating them as we go along, > > as Ubuntu is both something I use daily and how the server is actually > > deployed. > > > > - Sam Ruby > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com >
