I probably should have mentioned the following URL: https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs/blob/master/MACOSX.md
- Sam Ruby On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 7:52 PM Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > 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 > >
