1.  first create an account on github.com if you don't already have one
   

2.  login to github
   

3.  visit https://github.com/ml5174/sacpcp and fork the main source repo
   

4.  visit https://github.com/ml5174/savi-lib fork the library source repo
   

1.  install LTS build of node from https://nodejs.org/en/download/  
   

2.  Clone from your sacpcp fork:
    git clone https://github.com/githubusername/sacpcp.git
    where githubusername is your username on github
    and the path given to clone is for your sacpcp fork
   

3.  cd sacpcp
   

4.  cd src
   

5.  Clone from your savi-lib repo into a subfolder of src:
    git clone https://github.com/githubusername/savi-lib.git lib
    where githubusername is your username on github
    and the path give to clone is for your lib fork
    NOTE: your lib subfolder of src needs to be named lib
    If you failed to give the lib argument as target name, then rename the lib folder to lib
   

1.  At this point you could run Thaddeus's npm command:
    npm run setup https://github.com/githubusername/sacpcp.git
    where githubusername is your username on github
    See npm_setup.md for more information
   

2.  -OR- do the detailed steps that follow:
   

3.  cd lib
   

4.  Set the upstream master for lib:
    git remote add upstream https://github.com/ml5174/savi-lib.git
   

5.  git checkout master
   

6.  git pull upstream master
   

7.  cd ../..
   

8.  Set the upstream master for the main source:
    git remote add upstream https://github.com/ml5174/sacpcp.git
   

9.  git checkout master
   

10.  git pull upstream master
    

11.  Once you cloned the repo to your desktop and have node installed you need to cd to the project and type:
     npm install
    

12.  Now install cordova and ionic. if on macOS, you may need to prefix this command with sudo:<br>
     npm install -g cordova ionic
    

• If all went well, you should be able to launch the application to your default browser:
  ionic serve

• If on macOS, then try adding ios platform:
  ionic platform add ios

  • If you get errors with bower, then try:
    sudo npm install -g bower

• You may also try adding android platform:
  ionic platform add android

ionic info

Your system information:

Cordova CLI: 6.5.0
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.0-rc.5-201701112208
Ionic CLI Version: 2.2.1
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.2.0
Ionic App Scripts Version: 1.0.0
ios-deploy version: 1.9.1
ios-sim version: 5.0.13
OS: macOS Sierra
Node Version: v6.9.4
Xcode version: Xcode 8.2.1 Build version 8C1002

npm --version
3.10.10