@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@ installed.
but build the Kallithea package itself locally instead of downloading it.)
.. note::
Kallithea includes front-end code that needs to be processed first.
The tool npm_ is used to download external dependencies and orchestrate the
processing. The ``npm`` binary must thus be available.
Kallithea includes front-end code that needs to be processed to prepare
static files that can be served at run time and used on the client side. The
tool npm_ is used to download external dependencies and orchestrate the
processing. The ``npm`` binary must thus be available at install time but is
not used at run time.
Web server
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ path to the root).
but when trying to do a push it will fail with permission
denied errors unless it has write access.
Finally, prepare the front-end by running::
Finally, the front-end files must be prepared. This requires ``npm`` version 6
or later, which needs ``node.js`` (version 12 or later). Prepare the front-end
by running::
kallithea-cli front-end-build
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