Try to install Shopify Slate(Windows) but it doen`t work

Question

Try to install Shopify Slate on Windows but it doesn`t work. I need your help, guys!

npm version:

6.9.0

yarn version:

1.17.3

gulp version:

CLI version: 2.2.0 Local version: 4.0.2

I do install like this:

npm install -g @shopify/slate

Result:

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module relies on Node.js's internals and will break at some point. Do not use it, and update to [email protected]. C:\Users\Marshall\AppData\Roaming\npm\slate -> C:\Users\Marshall\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules@shopify\slate\lib\index.js + @shopify/[email protected] removed 658 packages and updated 1 package in 67.394s

Is it OK or not?

I would like to get full step-by-step instruction how to install Shopify Slate(on Windows) and fix my problem! Thanks

Answer 1

Slate doesn't yet officially support Windows.

System requirements: https://shopify.github.io/slate/docs/system-requirements#windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl

The documentation above states that it only supports MacOS at this time however there is a workaround that could potentially get it working in Windows. To do that, you'll need to use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

Further reading: https://github.com/Shopify/slate/issues/667