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You need to first install [node.js](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node).
Install the [http-server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/http-server) npm package. Including '-g' sets the installs the package gloabally, allowing you to use it as a command line tool:
<code>git clone ssh://git@gitlab.cba.mit.edu:846/pub/mods.git</code>
Use the command line to navigate to the root of the mods repository:
<code>cd mods</code>
Start up a server:
Open a browser tab and go to <code>127.0.0.1:8080</code> which is the same as <code>http://localhost:8080</code> to view the server that you just started.
Depending on how to need to use mods you can start local servers located in <code>mods/js</code>, for example, if you start from the root of the mods repository:
<code>cd js</code>
<code>node printserver.js</code>
set correct serial port permission (do this each time you reboot the machine): <code>chmod a+rwx /dev/ttyUSB0</code>
start serialserver in the terminal so you can see the logs as it tries to connect. navigate to the mods/js folder in the terminal (probably use <code>cd ~/mods/js</code>) and type: <code>node serialserver.js ::ffff:127.0.0.1 1234</code>
check serialserver is running with: <code>ps aux | grep node</code>