Getting Started
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Pear Runtime can be installed via .
Since npm (or equivalent package manager) is needed to install application dependencies this guide will walk through installing pear with npm.
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Pear runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
The npm package manager can also be used to install application dependencies later on.
The Pear Runtime does not rely on
node,nodeis only needed to install and run thenpmpackage manager.
To install Pear run the following command:
To complete the setup, run the pear command.
If not, the first run of pear will fetch the platform from peers, after which running pear again should output help information.
To check that Pear is fully working, try the following command:
The pear CLI can be installed from , which comes with .
On MacOS and Linux, we recommend installing node using
On Windows we recommend installing node with .
If a Pear application, such as , is already installed then the Pear platform is already available. In this case, running pear should show help output.
Pear loads applications from peers, so this command should open whether or not it was downloaded and installed beforehand.