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Node.js in Action, Second Edition
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Node.js in Action, Second Edition

by Nathan Rajlich, Marc Harter, Alex Young, TJ Holowaychuk, Tim Oxley, Bradley Meck, Mike Cantelon
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
392 pages
12h 9m
English
Manning Publications
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Appendix A. Installing Node

This appendix provides more details on installing Node.js. If you’re fairly new to Node, we recommend installing it with a prebuilt package. We explain this for each major operating system.

Depending on your requirements, you can install Node in other ways instead. If you’re more experienced with Node or have specific DevOps requirements, skip ahead to review other ways you can install Node.

A.1. Installing Node by using an installer

Node has two installers and several prebuilt binary packages. If you use macOS or Windows, you can use either binaries or installers. The binary packages contain executable files, but the installers have installation wizards that help you put Node on your system in a place that’s easy ...

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