Time for action – installing Bower

Perform the following steps to install Bower:

1. If you are using Windows, open the command prompt. If you are using OS X or Ubuntu, open the terminal.
2. Run the following command:

   npm install -g bower
   

   Note

   If you are having trouble installing Bower in Ubuntu, run the command with sudo.

What just happened?

We have just installed Bower on the computer, which enables the bower command. The -g parameter that we included in the preceding command installs Bower globally, so that we are able to execute the bower command in any directory in the computer.

Bower commands

After installing Bower, we have access to a set of command lines to operate Bower functionalities. We will run these commands in the terminal, or in the command prompts if you are using Windows, just like we installed Bower with the npm command. All commands start with bower and are followed by the command keyword. The following is the list of commands that we may use frequently:

Note

You can run bower --help for the complete list of commands.

Pop quiz – web development tools and command lines

Q1. We have just installed Sublime Text along with Package Control. What is the Package Control used for?

1. To install and remove the Sublime Text package easily.
2. To install LESS and Sass/SCSS packages.
3. To manage packages in Sublime Text.

Q2. We have also installed XAMPP. Why did we need to install XAMPP?

1. To host the websites locally.
2. To develop websites locally.
3. To manage the project locally.