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| author | Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> | 2013-10-01 08:35:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> | 2013-10-01 08:37:32 +0200 |
| commit | b7f36e187d1b5362a72b50779aff182d7131d8f5 (patch) | |
| tree | f6e9ec3b509a4af3da2caedf07feac2c91171dd9 | |
| parent | a63079f34cd29c0d599c43ab6142b271db2705a2 (diff) | |
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doc: link to pre-built binaries, add install note
lLnk to http://nodejs.org/download/ and add a short primer on how to
extract the tarballs.
Fixes #6292.
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@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ Windows: vcbuild.bat +You can download pre-built binaries for various operating systems from +[http://nodejs.org/download/](http://nodejs.org/download/). The Windows +and OS X installers will prompt you for the location to install to. +The tarballs are self-contained; you can extract them to a local directory +with: + + tar xzf /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz + +Or system-wide with: + + cd /usr/local && tar --strip-components 1 -xzf \ + /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz + ### To run the tests: Unix/Macintosh: |