source: general/genlib/nodejs.xml@ 660a70c

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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://nodejs.org/dist/v&nodejs-version;/node-v&nodejs-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-md5sum        "e0299d7be20a2c8d5dd932f8494b072b">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-size          "22 MB">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-buildsize     "587 MB (add 39 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY nodejs-time          "7.8 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 2.4 SBU for tests)">
]>

<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>

    &lfs90_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>
        This tarball was created using a BSD version of
        <application>tar</application> and extracting it with a linux&trade;
        version will produce harmless warnings about unknown extended header
        keywords.
      </para>
    </note>

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

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="c-ares"/>,
      <xref linkend="icu"/>,
      <xref linkend="libuv"/>, and
      <xref linkend="nghttp2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="https://github.com/nodejs/http-parser">http-parser</ulink>,
      <ulink url="https://www.npmjs.com/">npm</ulink> (an internal copy of
      <command>npm</command> will be installed if 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-libuv                 \
            --shared-nghttp2               \
            --shared-openssl               \
            --shared-zlib                  \
            --with-intl=system-icu         &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para> 
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
      One test, test-dns, is known to fail.
    </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=system-icu</parameter>: use the system version
    of <application>icu</application>. Other values are
    <option>full-icu</option> (to build a local, full
    <application>icu</application> library) and <option>small-icu</option> (to
    to build a local, minimal <application>icu</application> library).</para>

    <para><parameter>--shared-{cares,libuv,nghttp2,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</option>: use the system
    installed library instead of a local copy.</para>

  </sect2>

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

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          node, npm, and npx
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/node,
          /usr/lib/node_modules/npm, and
          /usr/share/systemtap/tapset
        </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 installation root for Node.js executables and
          libraries.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>