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<\/a>This setup was done on a Sonassi MageStack server.
Distributor ID: Debian
Release: 6.0.10
Codename: squeeze<\/p>\n
UPDATE June 3rd, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n I found that instead calling\u00a0node<\/strong><\/em> didn’t work for some reason on a clean install. \u00a0Instead, call\u00a0nodejs<\/strong><\/em> wherever you’d typically call\u00a0node<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n I just used these same instructions for installation on Ubuntu as well. \u00a0I found that my older instructions for installation of NodeJS on Ubunutu<\/a> didn’t work on this version.<\/p>\n Distributor ID: Ubuntu Note: it’s easiest to install while logged in as the root user.<\/p>\n If you are not currently using the root user, you can switch to it with:<\/p>\n You will be prompted to enter your password.<\/p>\n If you are not logged in as the root user, add ‘sudo’\u00a0before the commands below.<\/p>\n You can check what the current version of NodeJS is at: Use the version number that you wish to install – for most installations this will be the most recent stable version found in the step above.<\/p>\n You’ll see a LOT of output in the console here – that’s expected<\/p>\n To verify that the install worked correctly, the following commands should output the version of NodeJS and npm<\/p>\n If for whatever reason you need to uninstall NodeJS you can do the following At this point, NodeJS and npm should be installed and ready for use. \u00a0<\/p>\n FabricJS is both a browser and NodeJS library for interacting with the HTML5 canvas. \u00a0In the browser a user can configure a canvas design. \u00a0When the design is passed to a NodeJS server, you can use the npm FabricJS, Canvas, and ImageMagick packages to quickly render out images of various sizes and qualities. \u00a0This next set of instructions will walk through how to setup and test these packages on the server. \u00a0As for coding all of this fun, that’s for another day.<\/p>\n Change to the node_modules directory<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.npmjs.org\/package\/canvas<\/a><\/p>\n Test to see if Canvas installed correctly If Canvas is installed correctly, the following will be output:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.npmjs.org\/package\/fabric<\/a><\/p>\n Test to see if FabricJS\u00a0installed correctly If FabricJS is installed correctly, the following will be output:<\/p>\n
Release: 15.04
Codename: vivid<\/p>\nSetup<\/h2>\n
Set User<\/h3>\n
su root\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck Linux Version<\/h3>\n
lsb_release -irc<\/code><\/pre>\nSet\u00a0to installation directory<\/h3>\n
cd \/usr\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall dependencies<\/h3>\n
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall Git core<\/h3>\n
apt-get install git-core curl\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall NodeJS<\/h2>\n
Get the NodeJS codebase<\/h3>\n
git clone https:\/\/github.com\/joyent\/node.git\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nSwitch to the node directory<\/h3>\n
cd node\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nCheck NodeJS Version<\/h3>\n
http:\/\/nodejs.org\/download\/<\/a>
Within Linux, you can also see a list of available versions of NodeJS with:<\/p>\ngit tag\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nGet the repository for git.<\/h3>\n
git checkout v0.10.32\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nConfigure NodeJS<\/h3>\n
.\/configure --openssl-libpath=\/usr\/lib\/ssl --without-snapshot\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nMake and Install NodeJS<\/h3>\n
make\r\nmake test\r\nmake install\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nVerify NodeJS and npm\u00a0Installation<\/h3>\n
node -v\r\nnpm -v\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nUninstall NodeJS (OPTIONAL)<\/h4>\n
#NOTE: you need to be in the directory of your NodeJS install.
In my case, it is \/usr\/node<\/p>\nmake uninstall\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall FabricJS and npm Packages<\/h2>\n
Set Directory<\/h3>\n
cd \/usr\/local\/lib\/node_modules\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall Canvas Dependencies<\/h3>\n
apt-get install libcairo2-dev libjpeg8-dev libpango1.0-dev libgif-dev build-essential g++\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall Canvas<\/h3>\n
npm install -g canvas\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nTest Canvas<\/h3>\n
To test if Canvas installed correctly,\u00a0first run\u00a0NodeJs<\/p>\nnode\r\ntypeof require('canvas')<\/code><\/pre>\n#'function'\r\n#NOTE: Ctrl+C twice will exit NodeJS\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall FabricJS<\/h3>\n
npm install -g fabric\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nTest FabricJS<\/h4>\n
To test if FabricJS\u00a0installed correctly,\u00a0first run\u00a0NodeJs<\/p>\nnode\r\ntypeof require('fabric')\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n#'object'\r\n#NOTE: Ctrl+C twice will exit NodeJS\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstall Forever<\/h3>\n