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author | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 03:20:00 +0400 |
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committer | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 03:39:52 +0400 |
commit | 841f3b518154f839ac987a6046a3a3272ce61290 (patch) | |
tree | 8b24f2a7c27faa0c2f76530fbfd367c67be0fa49 /README.md | |
parent | 2ffaf4630c7ad7150435c73eb1544dbe092aa3d4 (diff) |
Move the installing section up to the top
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@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@ npm(1) -- node package manager -========================== +============================== + +## DESCRIPTION npm is a little package manager for the Node javascript library. +## Installing + +To install npm, do this: + + make install + +If you get any complaints, try + + sudo make install + +That will use npm to install itself, like +[Ouroboros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros). From there, you can call +the command line program `npm`, and read this file by doing `man npm`. + +Try `npm help` for more information. + ## Status: alpha This thing is a baby yet. But these kids grow up before you know it! Pretty @@ -10,7 +28,7 @@ soon, you'll be all tapping out your pipe on the front porch, saying in your withered old man voice, ***"I remember back before the war with the machines, when that npm thing couldn't even install itself, and didn't know what a version was. We used promises for everything and the global object was called -'node'. Movies were a nickel when we downloaded them from from the micro +node. Movies were a nickel when we downloaded them from from the micro torrents, and soda pop had corn syrup of the highest fructose imaginable. You youngins don't know how good you got it."*** @@ -79,21 +97,6 @@ more easily. If you have strong feelings about package managers, I'd love to hear your opinions. -## Installation - -To install npm, do this: - - make install - -If you get any complaints, try - - sudo make install - -That will use npm to install itself, like -[Ouroboros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros). From there, you can call -the command line program `npm`, and read this file by doing `man npm`. - -Try `npm help` for more information. ## What works now: |