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Mention npm upgrade on Windows #109

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Expand Up @@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ At the moment Windows only supports dynamic linking so you must have the `libsod
as `sodium.node`. This is done automatically by the install script, but if you move things around manually
please don't forget to copy the DLL file as well.

If you experience difficulty with the install even with a correctly set `msvs_version`, it may be worth trying:

npm install npm -g

to upgrade npm and its bundled version of node-gyp.

# Manual Build

Node Sodium includes the source of libsodium, so the normal install will try to compile libsodium directly from source, using libsodium's own build tools.
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