Asciiflow is an ASCII diagram tool that works entirely inside your browser.
This guide will walk you through the steps to install and run Asciiflow on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
Asciiflow requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be run. To install these dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev
Next, download the Asciiflow source code from its official GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command:
wget https://github.com/lewish/asciiflow/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the ZIP file by running the following command:
unzip master.zip
Asciiflow is built with Node.js and requires it to be installed on the system. To install Node.js, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Now that Node.js is installed, navigate to the Asciiflow directory by running the following command:
cd asciiflow-master
Once you are in the Asciiflow directory, install its dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
To run Asciiflow, use the following command:
npm start
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000 to access Asciiflow.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Asciiflow on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now create and edit ASCII diagrams using this web-based tool.
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