[Chat] Automate your home with MQTT (Workshop)

[fetwadjieff at amnet.net.au]

I also had to install npn and make a symlink to get Node-Red working in 
Ubuntu Mate
Node-Red now runs for me. Here is the link if it is useful.

cheers Ivan



http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26320901/cannot-install-nodejs-usr-bin-env-node-no-such-file-or-directory




On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:39:39 +1100, Jan Schmidt via Chat wrote:
> On 13/01/17 13:36, Alastair D'Silva via Chat wrote:
>> On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 17:11 +1100, Alastair D'Silva via Chat wrote:
>>
>>> Prerequisites
>>> =============
>>>
>>> You can clone the following git repo, which has the workshop
>>> contents,
>>> prerequisites, and instructions (if you are the type who likes to
>>> read
>>> ahead). I updated the contents today to make things easier to 
>>> follow,
>>> so please pull those changes.
>>> https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop.git
>>>
>>> The prerequisites are currently available for Windows x64 & Linux
>>> x64.
>>> If you have something else, I'm happy to accept a pull request with
>>> the
>>> alternate software & instructions.
>>>
>>> I have added an "Installed Prerequisites" column to the reservation
>>> spreadsheet - please update that against your name once you 
>>> installed
>>> the necessary software.
>>>
>>
>> I've simplified the prerequisites to remove the components that are
>> already available in the git repo.
>>
>> Here is what you need to do:
>>
>> All
>> ===
>>
>> - Download or clone a copy of the workshop repository to your home
>>   directory, from https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop
>> 	git clone https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/crosstool-ng.git
>
> I assume that should read:
>
> git clone https://github.com/InfernoEmbedded/esp-workshop.git
>
>> - If you have a firewall enabled, allow traffic on port 1883 (MQTT)
>>
>> - Install NodeJS 4 (not 3 or 5). A Windows installer is saved in
>>   esp-workshop/windows_x64
>> 	https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/
>
> On Fedora 25, I have NodeJS 6.9.2. I can't see any sensible way to
> install NodeJS 4.
>
> http://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/installation.html says 4.x or
> 6.x are recommended, and node-red seems to run OK.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan.
>
>> - Install NodeRed from
>> 	http://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/installation.html
>>
>> Windows
>> =======
>>
>> - Install CH341 Windows Drivers from 
>> esp-workshop/windows_x64/drivers
>>
>> - Install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux
>> =====
>> - Install Mosquitto (Fedora: dnf install mosquitto,
>> Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install mosquitto)
>>
>> - Install java (Fedora: dnf install java, Debian/Ubuntu:
>> 			apt-get install default-jre)
>>
>> - Add your user the the dialout group so you can access the serial 
>> port
>> 	(edit /etc/group or
>> 	sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} dialout && newgrp dialout)
>>
>>
>> Hopefully this makes life easier for those who are attending.
>>
>>
>> A copy of these instructions, and the workshop instructions are
>> available in the git repo in the "tutorials" directory.
>>
>>
>> Happy hacking :)
>>
>>