doc: link to pre-built binaries, add install note

lLnk to http://nodejs.org/download/ and add a short primer on how to
extract the tarballs.

Fixes #6292.
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Ben Noordhuis 2013-10-01 08:35:24 +02:00
parent a63079f34c
commit b7f36e187d

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@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ Windows:
vcbuild.bat vcbuild.bat
You can download pre-built binaries for various operating systems from
[http://nodejs.org/download/](http://nodejs.org/download/). The Windows
and OS X installers will prompt you for the location to install to.
The tarballs are self-contained; you can extract them to a local directory
with:
tar xzf /path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
Or system-wide with:
cd /usr/local && tar --strip-components 1 -xzf \
/path/to/node-<version>-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz
### To run the tests: ### To run the tests:
Unix/Macintosh: Unix/Macintosh: