Dashing is a Sinatra based framework that lets you build beautiful dashboards. It comes with a number of widgets including graphs, text boxes, gauges, and more that can be easily customized to meet your dashboard needs.
In this tutorial, we will take you through the steps to install Dashing on Arch Linux.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
Before we start installing Dashing, we need to make sure our package list is up to date. To do this, enter the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update the package list and upgrade any outdated packages.
Next, we need to install some required packages for Dashing to function properly. Enter the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S npm ruby
This command will install both npm and ruby packages.
Once all the required packages are installed, we can now proceed to install Dashing. Enter the following command in your terminal:
gem install dashing
This will install the Dashing gem on your system.
To verify Dashing is installed correctly, you can run the following command in your terminal:
dashing start
This command will start the Dashing server. You should see a message that reads:
Thin web server (v1.7.2 codename Bachmanity)
Maximum connections set to 1024
Listening on 0.0.0.0:3030, CTRL+C to stop
To create a new dashboard, navigate to a directory where you would like to store your dashboard and enter the following command:
dashing new my_dashboard
This will create a new dashboard template in your current directory. Navigate to the dashboard directory using the following command:
cd my_dashboard
Then start the server by entering:
dashing start
Now you should be able to open your dashboard in your web browser by accessing http://localhost:3030.
Now that you have successfully installed Dashing on Arch Linux, you can start building your own dashboard. Dashing provides a lot of widgets that you can customize to create great looking dashboards. Happy dashboarding!
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