These are notes on a local install of Node Red on Mac OS X. These instructions assume Node & NPM are already installed. The main instructions are here and here.
Install Node Red in your local account
npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
Make the directory for your local files:
mkdir .node-red
Here are the key file and directory locations after the install
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File / Directory,Location
Node Modules,/usr/local/lib/node_modules
User Directory,/Users/<user>/.node-red
Settings File,/Users/<user>/.node-red/settings.js
Flows File,/Users/<user>/.node-red/flows_<hostname>.json
Executable,/usr/local/bin/node-red-pi -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
Executable,/usr/local/bin/node-red -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
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cd ~/.node-red npm install node-red-{example node name}
Here are the commands to install some selected modules:
npm install request node-gyp thethingbox-node-timestamp node-red-node-mongodb
npm install node-red-contrib-openzwave
/usr/local/bin/node-red -v
Node Red is configured to write log messages to:
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