Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
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Download (HTTP): https://nodejs.org/dist/v18.17.1/node-v18.17.1.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: cfadecca2649bb74daba89d60fbd02e5
Download size: 39 MB
Estimated disk space required: 992 MB (add 25 MB for tests)
Estimated build time: 13 SBU (add 3.3 SBU for tests: both using parallelism=8 and 8 CPUs online, parts of the tests will use all online CPUs)
c-ares-1.19.1, ICU-73.2, libuv-1.46.0, and nghttp2-1.56.0
http-parser and npm (an internal copy of npm will be installed if not present)
Build Node.js by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--shared-cares \
--shared-libuv \
--shared-openssl \
--shared-nghttp2 \
--shared-zlib \
--with-intl=system-icu &&
make
To test the results, issue: make test-only. Several tests are known to fail due to behavior differences between OpenSSL-3.0 and OpenSSL-3.1.
Now, as the root user:
make install && ln -sf node /usr/share/doc/node-18.17.1
--with-intl=system-icu: use
the system version of icu. Other
values are full-icu (to build a local,
full icu library) and small-icu (to build a local, minimal icu library).
--shared-{cares,libuv,nghttp2,openssl,zlib}:
use the system installed libraries instead of local copies.
--without-npm: do not build
npm (use if you'd like to build a
separate npm later).
--shared-http-parser: use the system
installed library instead of a local copy.