How to Install Local Food Nodes on macOS

In this tutorial, we will install Local Food Nodes on macOS. Local Food Nodes is a web application that allows communities to build their own local food economy.

Prerequisites

• macOS
• Terminal application

Steps

1. Open the Terminal application on your macOS.

2. Install Homebrew package manager by running the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

3. Once Homebrew is installed, install Node.js and Yarn package manager by running the following commands:

brew install node
npm install --global yarn

4. Next, clone the Local Food Nodes repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/localfoodnodes/localfoodnodes.git

5. Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the project directory by running the following command:

cd localfoodnodes

6. Install project dependencies by running the following command:

yarn install

7. Next, start the application by running the following command:

yarn dev

8. After running the command, the application will start running on your local machine at http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Local Food Nodes on macOS. You can now start using the application and build a local food economy in your community.

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