Mermaid is a simple yet powerful tool for creating diagrams and charts. It supports various types of charts and diagrams, including flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and more. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Mermaid on Arch Linux.
Mermaid is built on Node.js, so the first step is to install Node.js along with npm (Node Package Manager).
Open the terminal and run the following command to install Node.js and npm:
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
Mermaid provides a command-line interface (CLI) tool for generating diagrams from the source code. To install the CLI tool, run the following command:
sudo npm install -g mermaid.cli
Once the installation is complete, verify that Mermaid CLI is installed correctly by running the following command:
mmdc --version
This should output the version of Mermaid CLI that you just installed.
Mermaid also provides a live editor for creating diagrams and charts in a web browser. To install the Mermaid live editor, follow these steps:
Clone the Mermaid repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-live-editor.git
Change the working directory to the cloned repository:
cd mermaid-live-editor
Install the dependencies:
npm install
Build the application:
npm run build
Start the development server:
npm start
At this point, the Mermaid live editor should be accessible in your web browser at http://localhost:9000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mermaid on Arch Linux. With Mermaid installed, you can now create various types of diagrams and charts for your projects.
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