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\f0\b\fs30 \cf0 Installing from Source on Mac OS X\

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If you have Xcode on your Mac, you can also build and install Node.js from the source code.\
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\b\fs26 0. Getting the Command-Line Compiler via Xcode\
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\b0\fs24 To build Node.js from source on your OS X\'96based computer, you first need to make sure that you have the command-line compiler tools installed. To do this, you can type\
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\f1 c++
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in a terminal window. If you don\'92t know what a terminal window is, you should probably use the PKG installer method described previously for installing Node.js onto your Mac.\
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If you see something like\
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\f1 client:LearningNode marcw$ c++\
clang: error: no input files
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you have the compiler installed and will be able to build. If instead you see\
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\f1 client:LearningNode marcw$ c++\
-bash: c++: No such file or directory
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you need to do the following:\
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1. Launch Xcode.\
2. View Xcode Preferences (
\f2 \uc0\u8984  + ,
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3. Select the Downloads page and Components group, and then click on Install or Update next to Command Line Tools.\
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After these command-line tools are installed, the c++ command should work, and you should be able to continue compiling.\
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\b\fs26 1. Building Node.js\

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Start by creating some scratch space to download and compile from:\
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\f1 cd\
mkdir -p src/scratch\
cd src/scratch\

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The next step is to download and unpack the Node sources. You can do this using 
\f1 curl
\f0  or 
\f1 wget
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\f1 curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.1/node-v0.10.1.tar.gz -o node-v0.10.1.tar.gz\
tar xfz node-v0.10.1.tar.gz\
cd node-v0.10.1
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Next, run the configuration scripts to prepare for the build:\
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\f1 ./configure
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You can let it use the default
\i  /usr/local
\i0  as the installation point because it\'92s a good location from which to run this software. If you want to install it somewhere else, you can specify the 
\f1 --prefix
\f0  switch to the configure script, as follows:\
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\f1 ./configure --prefix =/opt/nodejs
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The configure script should print out some JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) similar to the following:\
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\f1 \{ 'target_defaults': \{ 'cflags': [],\
                       'default_configuration': 'Release',\
                       'defines': [],\
                       'include_dirs': [],\
                       'libraries': []\},\
  'variables': \{ 'clang': 1,\
                 'host_arch': 'x64',\
                 'node_install_npm': 'true',\
                 'node_install_waf': 'true',\
                 'node_prefix': '',\
                 'node_shared_openssl': 'false',\
                 'node_shared_v8': 'false',\
                 'node_shared_zlib': 'false',\
                 'node_unsafe_optimizations': 0,\
                 'node_use_dtrace': 'false',\
                 'node_use_etw': 'false',\
                 'node_use_openssl': 'true',\
                 'target_arch': 'x64',\
                 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,\
                 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true'\}\}\
creating  ./config.gypi\
creating  ./config.mk\

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Now you can build the product. Type in the following command and go get yourself a coffee (or two, depending on how fast your machine is):\
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\f1 make
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After the make has completed successfully (if it fails, do a Google search on the problem because you will almost certainly not be the first to see it), you can then install the software to your chosen prefix (/usr/local if you did not choose one):\
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\f1 sudo make install
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When you are done, you should be able to just enter\
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\f1 node --version\
npm --version\

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and get output somewhat similar to\
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\f1 client:node-v0.10.3 marcw$ node --version\
v0.10.3\
client:node-v0.10.3 marcw$ npm --version\
1.1.65
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