How to Install Smashing on NetBSD

Smashing is a responsive and customizable dashboard engine written in Ruby. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Smashing on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your NetBSD machine:

• Ruby version >= 2.5.0
• Git
• Bundler

Step 1: Install Dependencies

To install the required dependencies, run the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo pkgin install ruby26 git

Step 2: Clone the Smashing Repository

Next, we need to clone the Smashing repository from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

$ git clone https://github.com/Smashing/smashing.git

This will clone the repository to your current directory.

Step 3: Install Gem Dependencies

Navigate to the cloned Smashing directory and install the gem dependencies using Bundler. To do this, run the following commands:

$ cd smashing
$ bundle install

This will download and install all the required dependencies for Smashing.

Step 4: Start the Smashing Server

Once you have installed all the dependencies, you can start the Smashing server by running the following command:

$ smashing start

This will start the Smashing server and allow you to access it via your web browser.

Step 5: Access Smashing Dashboard

You can access the Smashing dashboard by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3030. Alternatively, you can access it on any other device on your local network by replacing localhost with your NetBSD machine's IP address.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Smashing on NetBSD.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps required to install Smashing on NetBSD. Now you can start creating your own custom dashboards using the Smashing framework.

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