get-it-running-on-x.md

Get it running on system [x]

OSX

Go to Nodejs.org and download and install your favoured version.

Ubuntu 16.04

First, get node.js and npm, and also get a symlink from nodejs to node on the command line

$ sudo aptitude install nodejs-legacy

Then, you need to give npm the right permission:

npm config get prefix

If you get back /usr/local, then do:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

Check that you're ready to go

$ node -v

... and ...

$ npm  -v

Version seems to be fine? Ready to go!

Get git for GitHub going on the commandline - OSX and Ubuntu

You need to generate a SSH key and add it to your GitHub account.