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This is a guide on installing a CodeCombat instance on FreeBSD 10.

WARNING: Due to compilation issues, I have not yet been able to get CodeCombat working on FreeBSD 10.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Makr sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  pkg install build-essential python2.7 git curl
  

• Start and enable mongodb at boot:
  

  echo 'mongod_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service mongod start
  

• Install bower and brunch globally:
  

  npm install -g bower brunch
  

Install CodeCombat¶

• Clone the CodeCombat code from GitHub:
  

  mkdir ~/git && cd ~/git
  git clone https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat.git
  cd codecombat
  

• Install the nodejs dependencies:
  

  env CFLAGS="-std=c++11" npm install
  

• Install a few more dependencies manually (I don't know why this isn't done automatically)
  

  npm install pause bytes geoip-lite async request graceful-fs minimatch debug is-glob mongodb
  

• Now start the server:
  

  npm start
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat
• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/wiki/Dev-Setup:-General-Information
• https://github.com/codecombat/codecombat/wiki/Dev-Setup:-Linux#complex-linux-installation