From 6ef60235f10a4caeac2038844fe9e1489d9aaf7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt McClure Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 16:59:44 -0400 Subject: doc: Mention --nodedir in npm install documentation --- doc/cli/install.md | 3 +++ lib/install.js | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/cli/install.md b/doc/cli/install.md index c4d9ba649..44885f318 100644 --- a/doc/cli/install.md +++ b/doc/cli/install.md @@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ any binaries the package might contain. The `--no-shrinkwrap` argument, which will ignore an available shrinkwrap file and use the package.json instead. +The `--nodedir=/path/to/node/source` argument will allow npm to find the +node source code so that npm can compile native modules. + See `npm-config(1)`. Many of the configuration params have some effect on installation, since that's most of what npm does. diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js index 50ba5ebc5..839b57b36 100644 --- a/lib/install.js +++ b/lib/install.js @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ install.usage = "npm install" + "\nIf no argument is supplied and ./npm-shrinkwrap.json is " + "\npresent, installs dependencies specified in the shrinkwrap." + "\nOtherwise, installs dependencies from ./package.json." + + "\n\nOptions + + "\n\n--nodedir=/path/to/node/source" install.completion = function (opts, cb) { // install can complete to a folder with a package.json, or any package. -- cgit v1.2.3