The steps below for the Default jQuery Package. If you want to use the Webpack, go to this Webpack Quick Start section.

1. Download the latest theme source from the marketplace.

2. Download and install Node.js from nodejs.org/en/download/

3. Start command prompt window or terminal and change directory to [metronic]/theme/default/[demo]/tools/

   cd theme/default/demo1/tools

4. Npm is the package manager for JavaScript and the world’s largest software registry. If you’ve just downloaded Node.js (and therefore npm), you’ll probably need to update your npm.

   npm install --global npm@latest

   Verify that npm in successfully installed, and version of installed npm will appear.

   npm --version

5. Install yarn via the npm.

   npm install --global yarn

   Don't forget to run yarn upgrade after every Metronic updates released in order to install newly added or updated 3rd-party plugins.
   Use npm cache clean --force command, if installation had failed at any step. Retry from start after it done.

6. Gulp is a toolkit that helps you automate your time-consuming tasks in development workflow. To install gulp globally.

   npm install --global gulp-cli

   If you have previously installed a version of gulp globally, remove it to make sure old version doesn't collide with new gulp-cli.

   npm rm --global gulp

   Verify that gulp in successfully installed, and version of installed gulp will appear.

   gulp --version

7. Install yarn dependencies. Must execute in [metronic]/theme/default/[demo]/tools/ folder.

   yarn

8. This below command will compile all the assets(sass, js, media) and copy HTML templates to [metronic]/theme/default/dist/ folder.

   gulp build

   By default dist folder does not exist and it will be generated only after running gulp task.

9. Start the localhost server.

   gulp localhost

   Keep the console open. Open this link to run http://localhost:8080/. It will take a few seconds for the build to finish and you will get a list of all available demos(e.g: demo1, demo2... demo6). Click your prefered demo for further preview.

   Press Ctrl+C to quit from localhost.

For more information about the Gulp build tool, click here.