Prerequisite Installation

Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is "The missing package manager for macOS". Open terminal and type the following command.

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

this will install Homebrew on your Mac. To check the version type the following command.

$ brew -v

Step 2: Install Node via Homebrew

In the terminal type the following command to install Node.

$ brew install node
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or
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$ brew install yarn         # this will install node and yarn

If everything installed successfully then you can type in the following command in the terminal to check the Node and NPM version.

$ node -v
$ npm -v

Step 3: Get the command line tool

You will run this tool locally to package, serve, and publish your projects.

npm install expo-cli --global

Step 5: clone the app from the repo

Clone the repo into your local desk and you can name it whichever name you like.

$ git clone [app_repo_url] [your_chosen_name]
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$ cd [cloned_app_dir]

Step 6: Test the app

$ cd app
$ yarn install
$ yarn start