Installation notes for the Roots WordPress Starter Theme from Roots.io.
These instructions assumes you are have git and sudo command privileges.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
sudo npm install -g bower
Now cd to your themes directory which should look something like this…
cd /var/www/html/wp-content/themes
git clone https://github.com/roots/roots.git
Change the theme folder name (optional).
cd roots
npm install