README.md

   1 Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
   2 ===
   3
   4 ### To build:
   5
   6 Prerequisites (Unix only):
   7
   8     * GCC 4.2 or newer
   9     * G++ 4.2 or newer
  10     * Python 2.6 or 2.7
  11     * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
  12     * libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
  13
  14 Unix/Macintosh:
  15
  16 ```sh
  17 ./configure
  18 make
  19 make install
  20 ```
  21
  22 If your python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
  23 non-standard name, run the following instead:
  24
  25 ```sh
  26 export PYTHON=/path/to/python
  27 $PYTHON ./configure
  28 make
  29 make install
  30 ```
  31
  32 Prerequisites (Windows only):
  33
  34     * Python 2.6 or 2.7
  35     * Visual Studio 2010 or 2012
  36
  37 Windows:
  38
  39 ```sh
  40 vcbuild nosign
  41 ```
  42
  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
  47 with:
  48
  49 ```sh
  50 tar xzf /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
  51 ```
  52
  53 Or system-wide with:
  54
  55 ```sh
  56 cd /usr/local && tar --strip-components 1 -xzf \
  57                     /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
  58 ```
  59
  60 ### To run the tests:
  61
  62 Unix/Macintosh:
  63
  64 ```sh
  65 make test
  66 ```
  67
  68 Windows:
  69
  70 ```sh
  71 vcbuild test
  72 ```
  73
  74 ### To build the documentation:
  75
  76 ```sh
  77 make doc
  78 ```
  79
  80 ### To read the documentation:
  81
  82 ```sh
  83 man doc/node.1
  84 ```
  85
  86 ### To build `Intl` (ECMA-402) support:
  87
  88 *Note:* more docs, including how to reduce disk footprint, are on
  89 [the wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Intl).
  90
  91 #### Use existing installed ICU (Unix/Macintosh only):
  92
  93 ```sh
  94 pkg-config --modversion icu-i18n && ./configure --with-intl=system-icu
  95 ```
  96
  97 #### Build ICU from source:
  98
  99 First: Unpack latest ICU
 100   [icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz](http://icu-project.org/download) (or `.zip`)
 101   as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
 102
 103 Unix/Macintosh:
 104
 105 ```sh
 106 ./configure --with-intl=full-icu
 107 ```
 108
 109 Windows:
 110
 111 ```sh
 112 vcbuild full-icu
 113 ```
 114
 115 Resources for Newcomers
 116 ---
 117   - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
 118   - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
 119   - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://www.joyent.com/blog/installing-node-and-npm/)
 120   - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
 121   - [searching the npm registry](http://npmjs.org/)
 122   - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
 123   - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
 124   - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
 125   - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
 126   - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
 127   - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)