TermKit is Terminal Reimagined, Install TermKit in Ubuntu 11.04 Easily

TermKit by Steven Wittens is a refreshingly beautiful graphic replacement for terminal. If you are wondering, TermKit is not a flashy GUI for Terminal, instead its very much a command line based system made on top of WebKit, the rendering engine used in web browsers like Google Chrome and Chromium. TermKit has been originally designed for Mac OSX, but there is a TermKit fork by Floby which you can install and experience in Ubuntu right now! Read on.

Install TermKit in Ubuntu 11.04 Easily

How to Install TermKit in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal?
  • You need to have either Chromium or Google Chrome already installed in your Ubuntu.
  • You need to install the following dependencies as well. Just fire up your Terminal and copy-paste the command below.
sudo apt-get install git libssl-dev
  • Done. Now, lets get started with installing TermKit in Ubuntu.
Install TermKit in Ubuntu
  • The following steps will create a directory called TermKitProj in your home directory and install everything you need inside it.
cd ~
mkdir TermKitProj
cd TermKitProj
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure
make
  • Node compiling is done(wait for it to complete).
sudo make install
cd ..
git clone http://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install
  • Done. Now the last part.
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/Floby/TermKit.git --recursive
cd TermKit/
npm install
node Node/nodekit.js
  • Now, when you run the last command above, output should be something like this.
manu@manu-laptop:~/TermKitProj/TermKit$ node Node/nodekit.js
17 Jun 02:01:12 - Your node instance does not have root privileges. This means that the flash XML policy file will be served inline instead of on port 843. This will slow down initial connections slightly.
17 Jun 02:01:12 - socket.io ready - accepting connections
server listening at http://localhost:2222
  • Done. Once you get that output, open up Google Chrome or Chromium and goto this URL: http://localhost:2222 and you are done.
How to Install TermKit in Ubuntu

TermKit in Ubuntu 11.04

Thanks to EasyTech Blog for the instructions. If you are a Terminal junkie, you don't need any further guidance. Thank you for reading and have fun.