Installation

Check your environment

Prior to installing Embark, you should have the following prerequisites on your machine:

node version
> 8.10+

If you need to update Node, please install nvm and install/use the LTS version. macOS/Linux commands provided for you below:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
nvm install --lts
nvm use lts

ipfs version
> 0.4.15+

IPFS installation instructions, macOS/Linux command provided for you below:

tar xvfz go-ipfs.tar.gz
cd go-ipfs
./install.sh
ipfs init

geth version
> 1.8.11+

If you need to install geth, you can use the below for macOS:

brew tap ethereum/ethereum
brew install ethereum

If you already have Embark installed, please run:

embark version

Make sure the version is 3.1.7. If it’s not, re-install Embark by running:

npm install -g embark

Do not use sudo when installing Embark

Re-run embark version to ensure we have 3.1.7.

If you have not installed Embark at all, Embark can be installed by running npm install -g embark (without sudo)