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Warning
  • These installation steps apply to Profound.js 5 and earlier versions only.
  • Profound.js 5 requires either Node.js 12 or 14.
  • Profound.js 5 installs only with NPM 6. The installation process does not work with later NPM versions.


Note
titleBefore you start!
Before starting the installation, please be sure to review theĀ installation prerequisites.

Installing Profound.js is a matter of installing the profoundjs npm package. The tutorials and instructions below walk you through the process.

Video Tutorials

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Written Instructions

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The next step is to enter the directory (using the cd command) andĀ run the Node Package Manager (npm) install process for Profound.js using the command "npm install profoundjsprofoundjs@5.8.9". This will download all package dependencies and install the product.

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titleSample commands to start the installation process for Profound.js
cd /
mkdir profoundjs
cd profoundjs
npm install profoundjsprofoundjs@latest-5

The npm installation process will prompt you for details on how to set up the Profound.js installation. Default options are shown in parentheses after each prompt; so if the default is appropriate, you can just press Enter. The prompts are shown below:

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