Before installing and diving into JHipster, here are a few pointers to prepare you for some of the common issues that you might encounter:
- If you are using Yarn on macOS or Linux, you need to have $HOME/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin in the path. This will normally be automatically done when you install Yarn, but if not, you can run the export PATH="$PATH:`yarn global bin`:$HOME/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin" command in a Terminal to do this.
- If you are behind a corporate proxy, you will have to bypass it for npm, Git, and Maven/Gradle to work properly. Visit http://www.jhipster.tech/configuring-a-corporate-proxy/ to see what proxy options can be set for different tools used.
If you are on Mac or Linux and if you are using Oh My Zsh or the Fisherman shell, then you could use the specific plugins from JHipster for that. Visit http://www.jhipster.tech/shell-plugins/ for details.
OK, now let's get started for real. The next section explains the installation of JHipster.