File Locations

So what junk does holochain put on your computer and where does it put it?

Linux

Go: When we have an automated holochain installer, this manual go installation process should disappear, but until then, you will need to install the Go Language, including setting your $GOPATH, and then add $GOPATH/bin to your $PATH.

This should set up a directory for go programs at ~/go and when you install the holochain program by typing go get github.com/metacurrency/holochain it will automatically install in subdirectories of the same name. It will also automatically grab other dependencies and install them in their respective paths under ~/go.

There will be a subdirectory for the command line shell for interacting with the holochain program at cmd/hc. If you're an early stage user of holochain, you may need to update your hc command by changing to this subdirector and typing: go install. This should rebuild the hc command and install it in the path for go executables at ~/go/bin.

Holochain: In your user directory a new (invisible) directory should have been created called .holochain. You can go to it by typing cd ~/.holochain

Subdirectory for each holochain named with the chain name with these contents:

Name	Description
dna	This directory contains the DNA that defines your application
dna/dna.json	The DNA configuration file which specifies the application code (zome files) and holochain name and identifiers
dna/<zome_name>/	Directory contains the zome specific application files. They will end in .zy if they're zygomys/Lisp files, .js if they're JavaScript, etc.
db	This directory contains chain and DHT data
db/chain.db	This is your local hashchain that you sign new entries to as you commit changes to your state in this holochain.
db/dht.db	This is your node's DHT store. It is a key-value store powered by buntdb
ui	This is the directory where you'll find user interface files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) You can install additional UX/UI systems or components by dropping them into sub-directories here.
test	This directory contains your application tests.

Mac

Probably same as Linux... We'll need to check and update this. Can someone help us out here? @haizop ? @matthewjosef ?

Windows

We haven't set up a Windows installation and tried it yet... I think we'll need an installer which to throw our mutable files into the installing user's Virtual Store at:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\MetaCurrency\Holochain\

Meanwhile you'll need to install Go manually and things will end up wherever Go puts programs.