Set up your development environment

1. Install Homebrew: http://brew.sh

2. Open Terminal

3. Install dependencies

   brew install node@16 git python3
       

4. Add NodeJS to PATH:

   echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@16/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
       source ~/.zshrc
       

For machines using the M1 architecture:

1. Use the latest NodeJS@16 (>=v16.16)

2. Update Xcode to latest version (>=v13.4.1)

1. Open Terminal

2. Install NodeJS from NodeSource:

   curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
       sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
       

   • You might need to install curl as well:

     sudo apt install curl
         

3. Install other dependencies:

   Linux requires the X11 developement libraries and libpng to build native Node modules.

   sudo apt install git python3 g++ libx11-dev libxtst-dev libpng-dev
       

Notes 

• To build RPMs, you need rpmbuild:

  sudo apt install rpm
      

1. Install Chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/install

2. Install Visual Studio Community: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

   • Include Desktop development with C++ when installing

3. Open PowerShell

4. Install dependencies

   choco install nodejs-lts git python3
       

5. Restart PowerShell (to refresh the environment variables)

NOTE: We don’t officially support Arch Linux for use with the Mattermost Desktop App. The provided guide is unofficial.

1. Open Terminal

2. Install dependencies:

   Linux requires the X11 developement libraries and libpng to build native Node modules. Arch requires libffi since it’s not installed by default.

   sudo pacman -S install nodejs npm git python3 gcc make libx11 libxtst libpng libffi
       

Notes 

• To build RPMs, you need rpmbuild

  sudo pacman -S install rpm
      

NOTE: We don’t officially support Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS Linux for use with the Mattermost Desktop App. The provided guide is unofficial.

1. Open Terminal

2. Install dependencies:

   Linux requires the X11 developement libraries and libpng to build native Node modules.

   sudo apt install nodejs git python3 g++ libX11-devel libXtst-devel libpng-devel`
       

Notes 

• To build RPMs, you need rpmbuild:

  sudo dnf install rpm-build