Mermaid is a JavaScript-based diagramming and visualization tool that helps you create flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and complex diagrams. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Mermaid on MXLinux Latest.
Before installing Mermaid, you need to install Node.js on your MXLinux system. Node.js is a prerequisite for running the Mermaid application.
Open the Terminal and run the following command to install Node.js:
sudo apt install nodejs
Once you have installed Node.js on your system, you can proceed with the installation of Mermaid.
To install Mermaid on MXLinux, you can follow the below simple steps
You need to install Git before proceeding with the installation of Mermaid. To install Git, enter the following command in the Terminal:
sudo apt install git
Next, you need to clone the Mermaid repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-cli.git
After cloning the repository, navigate to the mermaid-cli directory, and install Mermaid using npm by running the following command:
cd mermaid-cli
npm install
To test the Mermaid installation, you can try running the following command:
npx mermaid sample.mmd
This will create a PNG file of a sample Mermaid diagram.
In this tutorial, we explained how to easily install Mermaid on MXLinux Latest by installing Node.js, cloning the Mermaid repository, and installing Mermaid using npm. We also showed you how to test your installation by generating a PNG file of a sample Mermaid diagram.
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