Installing ssb-npm + git-ssb + patchfoo

cel 2019-02-25; updated 2020-11-27

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

npm install -g 'http://localhost:8989/blobs/get/&qcphVNO9k28QT0oASdyjH41XEySuTxX3STooEj+olEE=.sha256'

Install git-ssb

ssb-npm install -g git-ssb@2.8.0 \
  --branch %xlfr8klBuPNiHSXQ5uq2HkrIWudCz9Zzs9jiBoJBz3s=.sha256

Clone and install patchfoo

As a standalone program (ssb-client):

git clone ssb://%YAg1hicat+2GELjE2QJzDwlAWcx0ML+1sXEdsWwvdt8=.sha256 patchfoo
cd patchfoo
ssb-npm install --production --branch %Et6Ij2bOS4SUzpimKTVUdMPnb8vjP8Lg2dObBJ/0oGE=.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 %Et6Ij2bOS4SUzpimKTVUdMPnb8vjP8Lg2dObBJ/0oGE=.sha256
node enable-plugin.js

Restart ssb-server or Patchwork.

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