Installing asciiflow on Fedora Server

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing asciiflow on your Fedora Server. asciiflow is an online tool that allows you to create simple ASCII diagrams.

Prerequisites

Before you start, ensure that you have the following:

• Access to the command-line terminal
• sudo access or root privileges
• A stable internet connection

Step 1: Installing Required Packages

We need to ensure that our system is up to date and install the required packages needed for asciiflow to run. Open the terminal and execute the following commands.

sudo dnf -y update
sudo dnf -y install curl nodejs npm

Step 2: Downloading asciiflow

asciiflow can be downloaded from the official website https://asciiflow.com/. To download the asciiflow app, run the following command in the terminal.

curl -o asciiflow.tar.gz https://asciiflow.com/download/asciiflow.tar.gz

After running the above command, extract the downloaded package by running the following command.

tar xvf asciiflow.tar.gz 

Step 3: Installing asciiflow

Now that we have downloaded and extracted the asciiflow package, we can install it. Navigate to the extracted asciiflow directory and execute the following commands.

cd asciiflow
sudo npm install

Step 4: Running asciiflow

Now that we’ve installed asciiflow, we can run it using the following command.

npm start

This should start asciiflow on port 3000. To access it, open your browser and enter your server IP address followed by port 3000, like so: http://your_server_ip:3000.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed and run asciiflow on your Fedora Server. You are now able to create diagrams in ASCII format using this handy tool.

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