Update guide

[pllearns]

Need to update the guide for cli commands across platforms.

[TrigerT]

You should install yarn not via the default repo
follow the steps on stackoverflow thread here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46013544/yarn-install-command-error-no-such-file-or-directory-install

then, install nodeJS and go back to the installation guide on README file

[pllearns]

Thanks @TrigerT , we can update, also are you using linux (ubuntu)?

[TrigerT]

yes
I'm using Debian 10.

[hamdrew]

FWIW, the project built successfully for me on NodeJS 14 using Yarn 1.22 on macos. This particular issue seems related to an older version of Ubuntu (17.x) that probably had older versions of NodeJS and Yarn on it. NodeJS is pretty notorious at breaking builds between major versions.

Instead of documenting this specific scenario, it might be more worthwhile to document system requirements with links to documentation on how to install it. Something like this:

System and Developer Requirements:

1. NodeJS 14 (or whatever version you want to specify)
2. Yarn 1 (yarn 2 can break builds, so good to specify version here too)

This is just from my experience documenting READMEs. Happy to submit a PR if you'd like

[pllearns]

@hamdrew I saw your other comment before this one, go ahead and submit a PR with "fixes #67" and I can take a look at and review. Thanks for making the effort!

[hamdrew]

@pllearns Thank you! It would benefit if I could get a run-through of how to set up the app as it sits currently, as the current instructions and my own efforts haven't led to a successful run yet. What's the best way I could contact you or someone on the team?

[hilobrain]

I am on it as well now, not finding the readme file that useful as it does not contain a lot of information. The yarn install has succesfully ran but xyolo isn't recognized yet unfortunately.

[hilobrain]

Nevermind, I got it to work.
I did the following:

install nodjs
install yarn
npm install in main .git directory
npm install @xyo-network/app-xyo-nodjs@alpha -g (from their archivist setup guide)
xyolo -i
xyolo -r

It seems to be running now.