Canister first steps example, Shakespeare1212

Admins-MacBook-Pro:hello admin$ sudo npm install

up to date, audited 648 packages in 2s

68 packages are looking for funding

run npm fund for details

3 moderate severity vulnerabilities

To address all issues (including breaking changes), run:

npm audit fix --force

Run npm audit for details.

Admins-MacBook-Pro:hello admin$ sudo dfx deploy

An error happened during communication with the replica: error sending request for url (http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v2/status): error trying to connect: tcp connect error: Connection refused (os error 61)

Admins-MacBook-Pro:hello admin$

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Before deploying locally with dfx deploy you should start first a local simulated IC with dfx start (either in another tab or in the background dfx start --background).