In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Family Accounting Tool on your macOS computer. Family Accounting Tool is an open-source accounting application designed to help families manage their finances.
Before we start the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install Family Accounting Tool on your macOS computer:
Open the terminal by going to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
Install Homebrew, which is a package manager for macOS, by running the following command in the terminal:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Install Node.js by running the following command in the terminal:
brew install node
Install Git by running the following command in the terminal:
brew install git
Clone the Family Accounting Tool repository from GitHub by running the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/nymanjens/facto.git
Navigate to the cloned directory by running the following command in the terminal:
cd facto
Install the required packages by running the following command in the terminal:
npm install
Start the application by running the following command in the terminal:
npm start
Open your web browser and go to the following URL: http://localhost:3000
You should now be able to use Family Accounting Tool on your macOS computer.
In this tutorial, we guided you through the process of installing Family Accounting Tool on your macOS computer. We hope this tutorial was helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.
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