On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 7:16 PM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, I got stuck here:
>
> I cloned the repo:
> git clone https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs.git
> Cloning into 'whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs'...
>
> I was told I could not fork it. Not sure if what I'm doing is all throwaway
> but I'm willing to try.
>
> [MacBook-Pro-10:~/apache/git] clr% cd whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs/
> [MacBook-Pro-10:~/apache/git/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs] clr% yarn start
> yarn: Command not found.
> [MacBook-Pro-10:~/apache/git/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs] clr% which yarn
> yarn: Command not found.
> So I googled yarn and found
> https://engineering.fb.com/web/yarn-a-new-package-manager-for-javascript/
>
> [MacBook-Pro-10:~/apache/git/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs] clr% npm install -g
> yarn
the -g parameter means "globally", i.e., for all users. You do, in
fact, need to run such a command under sudo. But there are
alternatives.
> /usr/local/lib
> └── yarn@1.22.4
>
> npm ERR! Darwin 18.7.0
> npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "yarn"
> npm ERR! node v6.9.1
> npm ERR! npm v3.10.8
> npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
> npm ERR! code EACCES
> npm ERR! errno -13
> npm ERR! syscall access
>
> npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access
> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
> npm ERR! at Error (native)
> npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access
> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
> npm ERR! at Error (native)
> npm ERR! errno: -13,
> npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
> npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
> npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
> npm ERR!
> npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
>
> So, I usually suspect requests to run stuff as root.
>
> Should I do
> sudo npm install -g yarn, or
> chmod to give user clr access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules?
Two alternatives (I suspect you will like the second one):
1) you can omit the -g parameter and add the tool to your path. You
will find it in a node_modules/yarn/bin directory.
2) you can use brew: or ports:
https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install/#mac-stable
- Sam Ruby
> > On Mar 19, 2020, at 6:32 AM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:40 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com
> > <mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> My experience with Whimsy matches every project I've ever tried to
> >> contribute to.
> >>
> >> When I looked at the code with a vague "I want to get involved" mindset,
> >> it was inscrutable nonsense. Not because it *was*, but because I had no
> >> goal.
> >>
> >> When I had a specific thing that I wanted to fix - an itch to scratch -
> >> the code was pretty clear, and it was fairly clear where I needed to
> >> scratch. Also, the people on the Slack channel gave me the direction I
> >> needed when I got lost, so there was the community building aspect of
> >> "bad code, good community" that Stefano advocates.
> >
> > Thanks. And as long as there are people interested in contributing,
> > I'm interested in helping them get started.
> >
> >> So, sure, change to a different language if you think it'll help, but
> >> without people trying to scratch specific itches (which is, really, the
> >> heart of the Whimsy project, even more than most!) I don't think it's
> >> the right solution. It won't *hurt*, of course, but I don't think it'll
> >> help much.
> >>
> >> If anything is lacking, it's clear working docs about getting a local
> >> copy working for testing purposes. (Yes, there are instructions. No, I
> >> was not able to get it working. Yes, I'm still trying.)
> >
> > Are these instructions unclear:
> > https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs
> > <https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs> ?
> >
> > If not, where did you get stuck?
> >
> >> All just MHO, based on possibly a dozen hours working on the project.
> >> Take that for whatever it's worth.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com <mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com>
> >> http://rcbowen.com/ <http://rcbowen.com/>
> >> @rbowen
> >
> > - Sam Ruby
>
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org
>
