Homepage by Benphelps is a simple utility that allows you to create a custom homepage for your web browser. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Homepage on OpenBSD.
Before starting the installation process, you need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
The first step is to clone the Homepage repository from Github. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/benphelps/homepage
This command will clone the Homepage repository to your current working directory.
Homepage requires some dependencies to be installed before it can run properly. These dependencies include:
To install both of these dependencies, run the following command in your terminal:
doas pkg_add node
The pkg_add command will install Node.js and npm.
Now that the dependencies have been installed, navigate to the cloned Homepage repository in your terminal:
cd homepage
Once inside the repository, run the following command to install Homepage:
npm install
This command will install all the required packages and dependencies required by Homepage.
After installing Homepage, you need to configure it to your liking. Open the config.json file located in the Homepage directory and edit it as per your requirements.
Finally, to run Homepage, execute the following command in the terminal from inside the Homepage directory:
npm start
This command will start the server and display instructions on how to access the homepage.
In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install Homepage by Benphelps on OpenBSD. After installation, you can now create a custom homepage that suits your needs.
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