Run Kikoeru from source code

Kikoeru-express (Back-end) v6.2

Check the nodejs version

Install Kikoeru v6.2 required nodejs version of v14.17.0 v14.15.0

$ npm install -g n
$ n 14.15.0

After changed the node version to 14.15.0.
npm version will also be changed 6.14.13 6.14.8 at the same time.

If node-pre-gyp: Permission denied

Reinstall the node-pre-gyp module

$ npm install -g node-pre-gyp

Read/Write permission error

If while installing, return such error

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/root/kikoeru-express-0.6.2/node_modules/sqlite3/package.json'

Must give npm sudo permission

$ sudo npm install 

Generate binary files

The pkg must be installed first

$ npm install -g pkg

Make sure the front-end files in project parent directory

$ pkg package.json -t node14-linux-x64 --out-path package

A package folder will be created after this command executed, and it wll contain a single linux executable binary file.

Tip

if binary files created failed, and it prompts need files from a javascript.

Just create the files it needs. Then rerun above command.

After the binary file is created, put node_sqlite3.node next to executable binary file(in the same directory).

$ cp <project parent directory>/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v3-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node ./package

Then now you can execute the binary file.

Kikoeru-quasar (Front-end) v6.2

For front-end of the kikoeru, you can choose to download pre-compiled front-end files from kikoeru project. Or you can download front-end source code and compile it yourself.

Compile source code

First, in kikoeru-quasar directory.

$ sudo npm install

After it finishes installing, you need to install quasar too in order to compile front-end files.

$ npm i -g @quasar/cli 

Modify the source code as you wish. After you finish, there are two way to generate front-end files.

1.SPA

$ quasar build

2.PWA

$ quasar build -m pwa