thanks, i was actually able to install it using your new guide ! thanks a lot.
however, i actually wanted to install one of the plugins, and so i followed those steps too, and after doing git push origin master it did seemed to be installing it, but it stopped here.
remote: 29/2 20:15 [462396] - info: Now configuring redis database:
remote: Configuration Saved OK
remote: Populating database with default configs, if not already set...
remote: Previous theme detected, skipping enabling default theme
remote: Categories OK. Found 4 categories.
remote: Administrator found, skipping Admin setup
remote: 29/2 20:15 [462396] - info: Global Moderators group found, skipping creation!
i tried ./nodebb start and it said this
$ ./nodebb start
module.js:341
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'colors'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:339:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:290:25)
at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
at require (internal/module.js:16:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\nodebb\nodebb:3:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)
so i guess i screwed something up? gah 