In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps on how to install MEAN on an Ubuntu 14.04 machine.
MEAN stands for Mongo, Express, Angular and Node. It is a simple, scalable and easy to use javascript framework for fullstack web development.
Install MongoDB
#~ sudo apt-get install mongodb
Install NodeJS and Npm
#~ sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
and create a symlink
#~ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Install Bower
#~ sudo npm install -g bower
Install Grunt
#~ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
Install the latest Meanio package
#~ sudo npm install -g meanio@latest
Initialize a new application.
#~ mean init yourNewApp
Install Dependencies
#~ cd yourNewApp && npm install
Listed below are additional packages installed as npm or bower modules.
- Express
- Mongoose
- Passport
- AngularJS
- Twitter Bootstrap
- UI Bootstrap
Run the application using grunt
#~ grunt
Thats it, now open your browser and go to
http://your_ip_address:3000
For more info please check the official GitHub repo
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