Installing revealjs on Debian

revealjs is a popular library for creating and presenting slideshows. Here's how you can install it on Debian.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open a terminal window on your Debian machine.

  2. Navigate to the directory where you want to install revealjs. cd /path/to/install/dir

  3. Install revealjs using npm.

    npm install reveal.js
    
  4. Check if revealjs is installed properly by running this command in your terminal:

    ls node_modules/reveal.js
    

    You should see the contents of the revealjs package.

  5. You can start using revealjs now. A quick way to test it out is to use the demo.html file provided with the package. To do so, navigate to the revealjs directory using the following command:

    cd node_modules/reveal.js/
    
  6. Now, you can run the demo file with the following command:

    npm start -- --port=8000
    
  7. After running the command, open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8000/demo.html. You should see the demo slideshow.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed revealjs on your Debian machine. You can now start building your own presentations using revealjs.

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