Installing ssb-npm + git-ssb + patchfoo

cel 2019-02-25; updated 2020-07-09

Set up npm

If you haven't already done so, set a prefix for npm and add its bin directory to your $PATH:

echo prefix=$HOME/.local >> ~/.npmrc
echo PATH=\$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin >> ~/.profile
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

Install ssb-npm

mkdir -p /tmp/ssb-npm-registry-2.1.3 && cd /tmp/ssb-npm-registry-2.1.3 &&
curl -s 'http://localhost:8989/blobs/get/&ptkWRUIPdBGTZ3W2BWPBuyFw4RumSjQu/DPJ3kufk1s=.sha256' | tar xz &&
./package/bootstrap/bin.js --ws-url http://localhost:8989 \
  --branch %z04WZqBf7xqJcwwzGSAGzNlfMbE4F/CPS54AfHbP0+g=.sha256 \
  install -g ssb-npm@2.0.4

Install git-ssb

ssb-npm install -g git-ssb@2.8.0 \
  --branch %z6WY2qNlcCSukssZOH652dUyKzU8FvCSKP+1DTdclEQ=.sha256

Clone and install patchfoo

As a standalone program (ssb-client):

git clone ssb://%YAg1hicat+2GELjE2QJzDwlAWcx0ML+1sXEdsWwvdt8=.sha256 patchfoo
cd patchfoo
ssb-npm install \
  --branch %e/unnFWjNwhJuFtH+DmkNqqvVggrufu/sZxRU5e59Is=.sha256 \
  --branch %FlwIBeDR/liKcEvok7uF9o3e7Qib36aMj1orj3aiFVQ=.sha256
npm start

or as a sbot plugin:

mkdir ~/.ssb/node_modules
cd ~/.ssb/node_modules
git clone ssb://%YAg1hicat+2GELjE2QJzDwlAWcx0ML+1sXEdsWwvdt8=.sha256 patchfoo
cd patchfoo
ssb-npm install --production \
  --branch %e/unnFWjNwhJuFtH+DmkNqqvVggrufu/sZxRU5e59Is=.sha256
node enable-plugin.js

Restart ssb-server or Patchwork.

Visit patchfoo at http://localhost:8027/.