How do I install Termkit?

Question

I spend most of my time in the terminal. I heard something about TermKit, and I'm curious as to how I can install it on Ubuntu. So far, I haven't been able to find any good instructions on how to install it.

Answer 1

First, install the dependencies:

sudo apt-get install git libssl-dev

Now, download, build and install node, npm (a package manager for node) and TermKit itself:

Build Node.js:

trunk is a bit unstable so we check out a known-working version of node:

cd ~
mkdir TermKitProj
cd TermKitProj
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git reset --hard 1b8dd65d6e3b82b6863e
./configure
make
sudo make install
cd ..
git clone http://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install
cd ..

Build TermKit

git clone https://github.com/Floby/TermKit.git --recursive
cd TermKit/
npm install

Okay, everything is installed. Now lets launch it!

node Node/nodekit.js

You should see something like this:

18 Jun 20:12:45 - socket.io ready - accepting connections
server listening at http://localhost:2222

And now navigate to http://localhost:2222 in Chrome/Chromium (Firefox won't work, webkit needed!) To launch it again, navigate to TermKitProj/TermKit and run "node Node/nodekit.js" again.

Thanks to this guide.