OGV on FreeBSD
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Getting Ready[edit]
Since Meteor installer doesn't support freeBSD operating system, we need to manually build and compile the meteor source code. Currently, this method is tested on version 10.2-RELEASE-p18
If possible, use a freshly installed freeBSD system. Any trace of node/npm can create problems while compilation, Most of the problems I faced were because of some old/unsupported version of node and npm.
Installing a few packages[edit]
We need to install some packages in order to start our meteor compilation.
$ sudo pkg install -y bash git gmake mongodb node npm python
Installing Meteor[edit]
Step 1 : Clone the Repository[edit]
The first step is to get the meteor source code on your machine. I cloned it in home directory, so it's easy to execute meteor script, using $HOME variable.
$ cd $HOME
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/4commerce-technologies-AG/meteor
Step 2: Build the node module[edit]
Next cd into the cloned directory by
$ cd $HOME/meteor
Execute the build node script in scripts folder $ scripts/build-node-for-dev-bundle.sh
Execute the generate bundle script $ scripts/generate-dev-bundle.sh
The above two scripts execution may take some time depending upon the configuration of the host machine. So have a little patience while executing them ;)
Step 3: Give meteor it's first try[edit]
Now meteor is installed successfully and you can give it first try by
$ $HOME/meteor/meteor --version
The above-mentioned code of line assumes that your meteor folder is in the home directory
Get OGV[edit]
Now that meteor is successfully installed, it's time to run OGV on system.
Clone OGV from it's official repository by
git clone https://github.com/BRL-CAD/OGV.git
Go to the OGV app directory
$ cd /path/to/clone/OGV-Meteor/OGV
Run meteor using the following command
$ $HOME/meteor/meteor
Keep OGV running on a server[edit]
If you are working on a cloud server and want OGV to keep running, even if you close the connection, you can do so by using tmux.
Install tmux by
$ sudo pkg install tmux
Start tmux session by
$ tmux
Run meteor inside tmux session in the usual way.
Get out of the session using Ctrl + b and then press the key D on keyboard to detach from that session. Now you can safely log out and it won't end the meteor process you started inside tmux session.
