Step 1: Install Homebrew
Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS that allows you to easily install and manage software packages. To install Homebrew, open a terminal window and paste the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Press enter and follow the prompts to complete the installation.
Step 2: Install Node.js
Etherpad is built on Node.js, so we need to install it first. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:
brew install node
This will download and install Node.js along with NPM (Node Package Manager)
Step 3: Download and Install Etherpad
You can download the latest version of Etherpad from the official website https://etherpad.org/ .
Once downloaded, extract the files into a directory of your choice. For example, let's assume you unzip the file to the Downloads folder.
Navigate to the Etherpad directory in the terminal window and run the following command:
npm install
This will automatically install all the required dependencies.
Step 4: Run Etherpad
To start Etherpad, navigate to the directory that you extracted in Step 3 and run the following command:
./bin/run.sh
This will start the Etherpad server, which will be accessible from your web browser at http://localhost:9001.
Congratulations! You’ve installed Etherpad on your macOS machine. Enjoy taking notes and collaborating with others in real-time.
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