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Setting up Pearl for development on Ubuntu

System dependencies

1. Node Version Manager (NVM)

NVM is a version manager for Node.js, allowing you to switch between different versions of Node.js.

sudo apt install curl
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc

3. Node.js

nvm install
nvm use

4. Yarn

Yarn is the package manager used for dependency management of the Electron app and NextJS frontend.

npm install --global yarn

5. Python

Use Python 3.10 for the project.

sudo apt install python3.10

6. Pipx

sudo apt install pipx

7. Poetry

pipx install poetry

If prompted to add the poetry command to your shell's config file, accept the prompt.

Installing project dependencies

The install-deps script will install the dependencies for all parts of the project. The Electron app, the NextJS frontend, and the Python backend.

yarn install-deps

Setup the .env file

Duplicate the .env.example file and rename it to .env.

cp .env.example .env

Then fill in the required environment variables.

  • NODE_ENV - Set to development for development. production is only used for production builds built through the release script.
  • FORK_URL - Set to your desired HTTP RPC endpoint.
  • DEV_RPC - Set to the same value as FORK_URL.

Run the project

yarn dev