portable homebridge notes

protable homebridge.md

start-homebridge

cd $env:DESKTOP; node.exe .\nodejs\node_modules\homebridge\bin\homebridge homebridge -D -U .\nodejs\homebridge-dir

for global use

add 'DESKTOP' environment variable
add '%DESKTOP%\path\to\nodejs' to 'PATH' variable
add privates env variabel with value path\to\private #in config.json python imports privates.py via this env variable

nodejs portable

get binary zip from nodejs
extract to folder
make file .npmrc

cache=cache-dir
prefix=

check everithing works and check dirs are correct with

node -v
npm -v
npm config list

update npm

npm install npm@latest

when ERR run again but drag files causing the ERR out the dir while install is running

gerneral npm

npm list :list install packages in current dir
npm outdated :list outdated packages
npm uninstall :uninstall a package
npm install :install a package
npm update :to update outdated packages

homebridge source

cmd4 source

ffmpeg source