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Environment Setup

Introduction​

Before you start using Pocketto, you need to set up your environment. This guide will help you set up your environment to start using Pocketto.

Prerequisites​

Before you start setting up your environment, make sure you have the following installed:

  • CouchDB, a real-time NoSQL database that allows you to store your data in local as well as in the cloud.
  • Node.js, version 14 or above is recommended.
  • python. In order to build native modules of npm modules: leveldown, sqlite3, etc.
  • node-gyp

Platform Installation​

Depending on your project platform, you can pick one of the following installation methods:

Debug for npm/yarn install​

If you found the issue for the python dependencies problem ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils', you can try the following

  1. Install python 3.8 or above
  2. Install the distutils package by running the following command:
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install distutils
  1. Install node-gyp globally by running the following command:
npm install -g node-gyp

You can now proceed with the installation of Pocketto in your project.