Setup Electron on Ubuntu
29 Jan 2016Start from a fresh ubuntu server.
$ docker-machine start dev
$ eval "$(docker-machine env dev)"
Running docker in interactive mode
# run docker in interactive mode
$ docker run -i -t ubuntu:14.04.3 /bin/bash
Install nodejs on Ubuntu
# install node
$ apt-get install -y curl
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Install tape-run.
# install tape-run
npm i -g tape-run
Checking what’s missing
# checking missing dependencies
root@8aabd4ac0ce8:/# /usr/lib/node_modules/tape-run/node_modules/browser-run/node_modules/electron-stream/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/dist/electron --help
/usr/lib/node_modules/tape-run/node_modules/browser-run/node_modules/electron-stream/node_modules/electron-prebuilt/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Install missing dependencies
# install missing dependencies
apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-0 libnotify-bin libgconf-2-4 libnss3 xvfb
Start xvfb server
# start xvfb server
export DISPLAY=':99.0'
Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
Start tape-run
# start tape-run
$ root@8aabd4ac0ce8:/# echo "console.log('yo'); window.close()" | tape-run
yo