freesewing/markdown/dev/tutorials/getting-started-linux/en.md

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title: Getting started on Linux order: 10 for: developers icons:

• start
• linux about: | You'll learn how to setup Node JS on a Linux system, as well as initialize the FreeSewing development environment goals:
• Install Node JS using nvm
• Chosing a Node version to use
• Initializing the FreeSewing development environment
• Starting the FreeSewing development environment

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In this tutorial, we will setup Node JS and initialize the FreeSewing development environment on a Linux system.

We'll cover the following steps:

These instructions are also valid for BSD- or other unix systems