Smashing is a free and open-source dashboard framework that allows you to easily create beautiful and customizable dashboards for monitoring and displaying data. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Smashing on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following set up on your MXLinux Latest:
Let's start with updating the system packages before installing Smashing. Launch your Terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
You will be prompted to enter your user password. After that, hit the 'y' key when asked to confirm the update.
Install the necessary dependencies using the following command:
sudo apt install -y build-essential ruby-full ruby-dev zlib1g-dev
This will install build-essential, ruby-full, ruby-dev, and zlib1g-dev.
Next, install Yarn by running the following command:
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y yarn
Now, we are ready to install Smashing. Run the following command:
sudo gem install smashing
After successful installation, start the Smashing server by running the following command:
smashing start
You should see a message like "listening on port 3030," which means the server is running.
Open your preferred web browser and type "localhost:3030" in the address bar. You should see the Smashing dashboard. Congratulations! You have successfully installed Smashing on MXLinux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have shown that installing Smashing on MXLinux Latest is easy and straightforward. You can now use Smashing to create stunning dashboards to monitor and display data.
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