Before Starting With BlinkMobile CLI Tools

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Last updated: Jun 14, 2017 by Aaron Roworth
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Before using  the CLI Tools, you will first need to download and install Node.js and npm on your local machine.

Minimum requirements for BlinkMobile CLIs are Node.js 4.0 or newer, and npm 3.0 or newer, however it is recommended that users have the latest stable Node.js.

 

Mac OS

If you don't yet have HomeBrew installation on your Mac, this is one of the easiest ways to install Node and NPM.

Download HomeBrew

http://brew.sh/

Install Node

After installing HomeBrew, you can install Node using the following command:

brew install node

 

Windows

For Windows machine, you can install Node.js/NPM using the official download package:

Download Node.js

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Update Node.js

To update Node.js on Windows, there is an easy to use tool here:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-windows-upgrade

 

 

Once NPM and NodeJS are installed on your computer you can start to install the CLI Tools.

Next steps: