1 Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
6 Prerequisites (Unix only):
8 * `gcc` and `g++` 4.8 or newer, or
9 * `clang` and `clang++` 3.3 or newer
11 * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
12 * libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
22 If your python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
23 non-standard name, run the following instead:
26 export PYTHON=/path/to/python
32 Prerequisites (Windows only):
35 * Visual Studio 2013 for Windows Desktop, or
36 * Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
44 You can download pre-built binaries for various operating systems from
45 [http://nodejs.org/download/](http://nodejs.org/download/). The Windows
46 and OS X installers will prompt you for the location in which to install.
47 The tarballs are self-contained; you can extract them to a local directory
51 tar xzf /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
57 cd /usr/local && tar --strip-components 1 -xzf \
58 /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
75 ### To build the documentation:
81 ### To read the documentation:
87 ### To build `Intl` (ECMA-402) support:
89 *Note:* more docs, including how to reduce disk footprint, are on
90 [the wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Intl).
92 #### Use existing installed ICU (Unix/Macintosh only):
95 pkg-config --modversion icu-i18n && ./configure --with-intl=system-icu
98 #### Build ICU from source:
100 First: Unpack latest ICU
101 [icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz](http://icu-project.org/download) (or `.zip`)
102 as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
107 ./configure --with-intl=full-icu
116 Resources for Newcomers
118 - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
119 - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
120 - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://www.joyent.com/blog/installing-node-and-npm/)
121 - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
122 - [searching the npm registry](http://npmjs.org/)
123 - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
124 - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
125 - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
126 - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
127 - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
128 - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)