How to install

[Me1st3r]

Hi, I'm new to coding so I don't know how to npm install/start. I have searched on the internet for solutions but I can't understand all of them, so can you guys tell me how to install and use this tool? Also, I will need to unpixelized some pictures so can you explain how to do it with this tool? Thanks a lot in advance! :)

[royarisse]

npm is a command that's part of node.js. You'd run it from your terminal (if you're using Linux) or from your command prompt (aka cmd if you're using Windows). The npm command is not available by default, you need to install that manually. The steps in simple form:

1. Download and install nodejs: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
2. Download this repository as a zip: https://github.com/BishopFox/unredacter/archive/refs/heads/main.zip and unzip.
3. Open your terminal on Linux or cmd on Windows and change directory to where you unzipped the repository.
4. There you type npm install and npm start to install and start the app respectively.

Hope this helps. Otherwise Google "install npm on Windows" or something for more details.

[Me1st3r]

Thanks a lot, but can you show me how to change the directory within the cmd? I'm currently using Windows.

[royarisse]

In Windows, use the cd command in cmd. For example, if you extracted the zip to C:\Users\Me1st3r\Desktop\unredacter you can type cd C:\Users\Me1st3r\Desktop\unredactor, then press <enter>.

An alternative — though I'm not sure it'll work in Windows 10/11 — is navigating to the folder using Explorer, then typing cmd in the addressbar and press <enter>. This should open command prompt in the current directory.

Good luck!|

Edit: I see you can drag the target directory into cmd as well, see: https://www.howtogeek.com/659411/how-to-change-directories-in-command-prompt-on-windows-10/

[kackebaellchen]

Works great .... have a lot of ideas with it ... Bugs are normaly for 1.0 ... i will work on it in future to make it great .... thx thx thx