1 Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
6 Prerequisites (Unix only):
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 2010 or 2012
43 You can download pre-built binaries for various operating systems from
44 [http://nodejs.org/download/](http://nodejs.org/download/). The Windows
45 and OS X installers will prompt you for the location in which to install.
46 The tarballs are self-contained; you can extract them to a local directory
50 tar xzf /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
56 cd /usr/local && tar --strip-components 1 -xzf \
57 /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
74 ### To build the documentation:
80 ### To read the documentation:
86 ### `Intl` (ECMA-402) support:
88 [Intl](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Intl) support is not
91 #### "small" (English only) support
93 This option will build with "small" (English only) support, but
94 the full `Intl` (ECMA-402) APIs. With `--download=all` it will
95 download the ICU library as needed.
100 ./configure --with-intl=small-icu --download=all
106 vcbuild small-icu download-all
109 The `small-icu` mode builds
110 with English-only data. You can add full data at runtime.
112 *Note:* more docs are on
113 [the wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Intl).
115 #### Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU):
117 With the `--download=all`, this may download ICU if you don't
118 have an ICU in `deps/icu`.
123 ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --download=all
129 vcbuild full-icu download-all
132 #### Build with no Intl support `:-(`
134 The `Intl` object will not be available.
135 This is the default at present, so this option is not normally needed.
140 ./configure --with-intl=none
149 #### Use existing installed ICU (Unix/Macintosh only):
152 pkg-config --modversion icu-i18n && ./configure --with-intl=system-icu
155 #### Build with a specific ICU:
157 You can find other ICU releases at
158 [the ICU homepage](http://icu-project.org/download).
159 Download the file named something like `icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz` (or
162 Unix/Macintosh: from an already-unpacked ICU
165 ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu
168 Unix/Macintosh: from a local ICU tarball
171 ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu.tgz
174 Unix/Macintosh: from a tarball URL
177 ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --with-icu-source=http://url/to/icu.tgz
180 Windows: first unpack latest ICU to `deps/icu`
181 [icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz](http://icu-project.org/download) (or `.zip`)
182 as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
188 Resources for Newcomers
190 - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
191 - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
192 - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://www.joyent.com/blog/installing-node-and-npm/)
193 - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
194 - [searching the npm registry](http://npmjs.org/)
195 - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
196 - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
197 - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
198 - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
199 - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
200 - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)