Instructions to run locally

hardware needed

500mb of free storage
at least 4 GB of memory

software needed

modern operating system (Any supported GNU/Linux distro, Windows 10+, MacOS Mojave and later)
NodeJS v18+, npm v9.5+, git v2.25+
any modern browser (firefox v63+, chromium v84+, safari v14+)
metamask browser extension for authentication and buying tickets

installation process

deploying smart contract on thirweb

create an account on thirdweb.com/
open a terminal window and write the following command to download prewritten smart contract
git clone
run cd smartContractForLotterySystem to go inside the downloaded folder
run npm run i to install the required dependencies
run npx thirdweb deploy to deploy the contract and enter y if given a prompt
click the deploy button on the website and after deploy, copy the api key

serving website locally

open a bash terminal and write the following command to download the source code
git clone
run cd final-year-project to go inside the downloaded folder
open the code base in some code editor and create a file with the name .env.local
inside this file write NEXT_PUBLIC_WALLET_ADDRESS="your_api_key" and replace your_api_key with the api key copied in the above step
run npm run i in the terminal to install the required dependencies
when the installation complete, run npm dev to start the server
open a browser windown and type localhost:5173 in the url bar to go to the website