Smashing is a highly-extensible, open-source dashboard framework for generating rich and customizable user interfaces. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Smashing on your Void Linux operating system.
Before proceeding, ensure that you have the following requirements:
The first thing to do when installing any packages on a new system is to ensure that the system is up-to-date. Therefore, update the system packages by running the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Su
This command updates all installed packages and installs new updates.
Smashing requires some dependencies to be installed on your system before you can install it. These packages include ruby, ruby-json, ruby-bundler, and nodejs.
You can easily install them using the following command:
sudo xbps-install -y ruby ruby-json ruby-bundler nodejs
After these packages are installed, you can proceed to the next step.
Smashing can be installed using the gem package manager, which comes with Ruby. Run the following command to install Smashing:
sudo gem install smashing
Once the installation is complete, you can test Smashing by running the following command:
smashing new dashboard
After this command completes, a new directory named dashboard will be created in your current directory. The dashboard directory contains an example Smashing dashboard.
You can start the example dashboard by running the following command:
cd dashboard && smashing start
This command starts the Smashing server on port 3030 by default.
If you want to customize the example dashboard or create a new one, you can modify the files in the dashboard directory. For more information on how to configure and develop Smashing dashboards, refer to the Smashing documentation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Smashing on your Void Linux system. You are now ready to start building beautiful and functional dashboards.
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