How to Install Expressa on Manjaro

Expressa is a Node.js framework that allows you to easily create RESTful APIs for your web applications. In this tutorial, we will install Expressa on Manjaro Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we install Expressa, we need to have the following prerequisites installed on our Manjaro system:

• Node.js: This is the runtime environment for running JavaScript applications, including Expressa.
• npm: npm is the package manager for Node.js.

If you don't have Node.js and npm installed on your system, you can install them by running the following command in your Manjaro terminal:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

Installing Expressa

Once you have Node.js and npm installed, you can install Expressa by following these steps:

1. Clone the Expressa repository from Github:

git clone https://github.com/thomas4019/expressa.git

2. Navigate to the Expressa directory:

cd expressa

3. Install the Expressa dependencies using npm:

npm install

4. Configure the Expressa environment variables by creating a .env file in the root directory of the Expressa project:

touch .env

Then, add the following variables to the .env file:

PORT=3000
MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/expressa

You can change the PORT and MONGO_URL values based on your specific requirements.

5. Start the Expressa server by running the following command:

npm start

You should see the following output:

> expressa@0.14.4 start /path/to/expressa
> node server.js

Expressa listening on http://localhost:3000/

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Expressa on your Manjaro system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Expressa on Manjaro Linux. With Expressa, you can easily create RESTful APIs for your web applications.

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