source: general/genlib/nodejs.xml@ 4464d405

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY nodejs-download-http "https://github.com/nodejs/node/archive/v&nodejs-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-md5sum        "cef1dc78e5e4bdeb875fce58baa10a7d">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-size          "45 MB">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-buildsize     "483 MB">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-time          "10.5 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="nodejs" xreflabel="nodejs-&nodejs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="nodejs.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy: $</othername>
    <date>$Date: $</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Node.js-&nodejs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="nodejs">
    <primary sortas="a-nodejs">nodejs</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Node.js</title>

    <para>
      <application>Node.js</application> is a
      <application>JavaScript</application> runtime built on
      <application>Chrome's</application> V8 JavaScript engine. 
    </para>

    &lfs80_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&nodejs-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&nodejs-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &nodejs-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &nodejs-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &nodejs-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &nodejs-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <note>
      <para>
        The <application>Node.js</application> source tarball shown above
        downloads with the correct name, node-&nodejs-version;.tar.gz,
        if using a browser such as Firefox. If you prefer to use a command line
        program such as wget, you normally would obtain
        v&nodejs-version;.tar.gz. To obtain this package with the proper
        filename, run:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>wget -c https://github.com/nodejs/node/archive/v&nodejs-version;.tar.gz \
     -O node-&nodejs-version;.tar.gz</userinput></screen>

    </note>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Node.js Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="python2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="c-ares"/>, and
      <!-- <xref linkend="icu"/>, and -->
      <xref linkend="openssl"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="icu"/> (currently broken),
      <ulink url="https://github.com/nodejs/http-parser">http-parser</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://github.com/libuv/libuv">libuv</ulink>, and
      <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.com/">npm</ulink>, (internal versions of
      these packages will be used if they are not present)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/nodejs"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Node.js</title>

    <para>
      Build <application>Node.js</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr          \
            --shared-cares         \
            --shared-openssl       \
            --shared-zlib          \
            --with-intl=icu-small  &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
ln -sf node /usr/share/doc/node-&nodejs-version;</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--with-intl=icu-small</parameter>: build a local, but
    small copy of <application>icu</application>. Other values are
    <option>icu-full</option> (to build a full <application>icu</application>
    library) and <option>system-icu</option> (to use the system
    <application>icu</application>).</para>

    <para><parameter>--shared-{cares,openssl,zlib}</parameter>: use the system
    installed libraries instead of local copies.</para>

    <para><option>--without-npm</option>: do not build
    <application>npm</application> (use if you'd like to build a separate
    <application>npm</application> later).</para>

    <para><option>--shared-{http-parser,libuv}</option>: use the system
    installed libraries instead of local copies.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          /usr/bin/node and /usr/bin/npm
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="node">
        <term><command>node</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the server-side JavaScript runtime.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nodejs node">
            <primary sortas="b-node">node</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="npm">
        <term><command>npm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the <application>Node.js</application> package manager.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="nodejs npm">
            <primary sortas="b-npm">npm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><filename class='directory'>/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the installaton root for Node.js executables and
          libraries.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>