| 1 | Evented I/O for V8 javascript. [](http://travis-ci.org/joyent/node)
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| 2 | ===
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| 4 | ### To build:
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| 6 | Prerequisites (Unix only):
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| 8 | * GCC 4.2 or newer
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| 9 | * Python 2.6 or 2.7
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| 10 | * GNU Make 3.81 or newer
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| 11 | * libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
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| 13 | Unix/Macintosh:
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| 15 | ./configure
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| 16 | make
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| 17 | make install
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| 19 | If your python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
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| 20 | non-standard name, run the following instead:
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| 22 | export PYTHON=/path/to/python
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| 23 | $PYTHON ./configure
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| 24 | make
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| 25 | make install
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| 26 |
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| 27 | Windows:
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| 29 | vcbuild.bat
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| 30 |
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| 31 | ### To run the tests:
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| 33 | Unix/Macintosh:
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| 35 | make test
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| 36 |
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| 37 | Windows:
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| 39 | vcbuild.bat test
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| 40 |
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| 41 | ### To build the documentation:
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| 43 | make doc
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| 44 |
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| 45 | ### To read the documentation:
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| 46 |
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| 47 | man doc/node.1
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| 48 |
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| 49 | Resources for Newcomers
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| 50 | ---
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| 51 | - [The Wiki](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki)
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| 52 | - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
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| 53 | - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/)
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| 54 | - [list of modules](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules)
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| 55 | - [searching the npm registry](http://npmjs.org/)
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| 56 | - [list of companies and projects using node](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Projects,-Applications,-and-Companies-Using-Node)
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| 57 | - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
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| 58 | - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
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| 59 | - [community](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Community)
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| 60 | - [contributing](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Contributing)
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| 61 | - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/_pages)
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