書名： Build Applications with Meteor
作者名： Dobrin Ganev
本章字數： 272字
更新時間： 2021-07-09 19:48:53

Setting up the development environment

Installing and running Meteor is extremely easy.

For Linux and iOS, all you need is the terminal and cURL. cURL is basically a command-line tool that we can use to move data with URL syntax, such as a GET, POST, and more, all directly from the terminal.

For Windows users, Meteor comes with an installer. You can download it from. All the commands in the book are executed in a Linux terminal; just skip the sudo command and execute the commands as administrator if you are on Windows.

If you don't have cURL installed, open your terminal and install it with the following commands:

Run update as a superuser:

>> sudo apt-get update

Install cURL:

>> sudo apt-get install curl

Verify the installation:

 >> curl --version

Once you have cURL installed, installing Meteor is easy as it's a one line command:

>> curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

This will download the latest version of Meteor, and it will install it globally on your machine. Node.js, NPM, MongoDB, and all other default packages will be inside the .meteor directory.

The final installation looks like this:

Meteor 1.4.4.2 has been installed in your home directory (~/.meteor).
Writing a launcher script to /usr/local/bin/meteor for your convenience.
This may prompt for your password.

In Chapter 9, Build Internet of Things Platform, we will build Node.js apps connecting to a Meteor app. If you don't have Node.js and MongoDB and you want to run them outside Meteor, here's a list of commands and installing scripts that you might find useful:

The following are the Meteor scripts:

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Build Applications with Meteor

Setting up the development environment