From ee288131930ee16ed5b2cd2b7a8b9f192ebec4bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Yesmunt Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 12:39:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index be1b6d3e6..68ba9e234 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ _Note: If coming from a deb install, the directory structure is different and yo Double click the installed application to interact with the LBRY network. ## Running from Source -*OUR BUILD SETUP IS UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AS WE MAKE CHANGES TO SUPPORT ACCESSING THIS APP FROM A WEB BROWSER. CHECK THE package.json FOR STARTUP SCRIPTS. WE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOON. SORRY FOR SHOUTING* +*OUR BUILD SETUP IS UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT AS WE MAKE CHANGES TO SUPPORT ACCESSING THIS APP FROM A WEB BROWSER. CHECK THE `package.json` FOR STARTUP SCRIPTS. WE WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL SOON. SORRY FOR SHOUTING* + +If you continue to have any issues, feel free to email me at sean@lbry.io, or tweet at me https://twitter.com/seanyesmunt. #### Prerequisites @@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ Double click the installed application to interact with the LBRY network. 1. Clone (or [fork](https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)) this repository: `git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop` 2. Change directories into the downloaded folder: `cd lbry-desktop` 3. Install the dependencies: `yarn` -4. Run the app: `yarn dev:electron` +4. Compile the app and run it: `yarn compile:electron && yarn run:electron` +5. In a different terminal window, start the dev server to reload when you make changes: `yarn dev:electron` If you want to just build the app you can run `yarn build`. This will give you an executable inside the `/dist` folder. We use [electron-builder](https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder) to create distributable packages.