Particle Photon Getting Started

Step 1:

To install Node.js, type the following command in your terminal:

1	sudo apt-get install nodejs

Then install the Node package manager, npm:

1	sudo apt-get install npm

Create a symbolic link for node, as many Node.js tools use this name to execute.

1	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

Now we should have both the Node and npm commands working:

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$ node -v v0.10.25 $ npm -v 1.3.10

$ npm install -g particle-cli
Step 2:
sudo npm install -g particle-cli


Ref:
http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/install-nodejs-ubuntu-14-04/#ubuntu-package-manager
https://docs.particle.io/guide/tools-and-features/cli/photon/


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Trouble shooting, after an particle-cli upgrade, I am getting two errors look like:

        /usr/local/lib/node_modules/particle-cli/commands/Key Commands.js:213 

and the other similar one.

This is because the node version is too old. So we have to (1) upgrade node (2) remove particle-cli (3) re-install particle-cli again.

(1) in order to install the latest node

   1 Install npm:

sudo apt-get install npm

2. Install n

sudo npm install n -g

3. Get latest version of node

sudo n latest

(2) remove and re-install particle-cli

sudo npm remove -g particle-cli
sudo npm install -g particle-cli

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I setup a brand new computer again.

Step 1:
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
sudo apt-get install npm
You wont get the latest version but we are going to upgrade them in a minute.

Step 2:
Update them.
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n latest
Step 3:
bash <( curl -sL https://particle.io/install-cli )
Wait a while and that's IT!!!


ref:
https://github.com/spark/particle-cli/issues/176
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34974535/install-latest-nodejs-version-in-ubuntu-14-04
http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/update-node-js-latest-version/
https://docs.particle.io/guide/tools-and-features/cli/photon/