How to Install TiddlyWiki on POP! OS

TiddlyWiki is a unique and versatile tool for managing personal notes and information. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps to install TiddlyWiki on the latest version of POP! OS.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation of TiddlyWiki, we need to ensure that our system meets the following requirements:

• A computer running POP! OS latest version
• A stable internet connection
• A terminal application
• A web browser

Step 1: Install Node.js

TiddlyWiki is built on top of Node.js. Therefore, it requires Node.js runtime to be installed on our system. To install Node.js, we can follow the below command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install nodejs

Once installed, we can verify the installation by running the following command:

node -v

The command should return the current version of Node.js.

Step 2: Install TiddlyWiki

Now that Node.js is installed on our system, we can proceed with the installation of TiddlyWiki. To install TiddlyWiki globally, we can execute the following command:

sudo npm install -g tiddlywiki

This will install TiddlyWiki on our system and make it accessible from the command line.

Step 3: Create a TiddlyWiki Instance

Once TiddlyWiki is installed, we can create a new instance of TiddlyWiki by executing the following command:

tiddlywiki mywiki --init server

This creates a new TiddlyWiki instance under the directory mywiki. The --init server option tells TiddlyWiki to initialize the instance in server mode.

Step 4: Start the TiddlyWiki Server

Now that the TiddlyWiki instance is created, we can start the TiddlyWiki server by running the following command:

cd mywiki
tiddlywiki --listen

This will start the TiddlyWiki server, and we can access it by opening our web browser and navigating to http://127.0.0.1:8080.

Step 5: Save TiddlyWiki Changes

Once we have made changes to our TiddlyWiki, we need to save the changes to the server. To save the changes, we can execute the following command:

tiddlywiki --save [path-to-tiddlywiki-file] 

Replace [path-to-tiddlywiki-file] with the actual path to your TiddlyWiki file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install TiddlyWiki on POP! OS Latest. With TiddlyWiki, we can manage personal notes and information in a convenient and intuitive way.

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