How to Getting Started With Bower on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10 Easy Guide

October 23, 2014 | By Mark Goo.

Quick-Start with Bower for macOS

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Bower Package Manager for the Web on macOS Yosemite 10.10.

Bower runs over Git, and is package-agnostic. A packaged component can be made up of any type of asset, and use any type of transport (e.g., AMD, CommonJS, etc.).

Bower Quick Start for Mac 10.10 Yosemite - Featured
  1. Open a Command Line Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Bower for macOS 10.10 Yosemite - Open Terminal

    In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

  2. Installing Node.js on macOS

    Quick-Start Node.js Mac
  3. Handling Git Dependency.

    which git

    If Not Installed then:

    How to Install Git VCS for macOS:

    Git Quick Start on Mac
  4. Installing Bower on macOS.

    sudo su

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    npm install -g bower

    Finally, Amend Permissions with:

    sudo chown -R $LOGNAME:$LOGNAME ~/.config
    exit
  5. Getting-Started with Bower Commands on Mac

    Bower Commands Quick Start

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