node12

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. See documentation

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/node12 as a dependency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/node12)

Runtime dependency

pkg_deps=(core/node12)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/node12 --binlink

will add the following binaries to the PATH:

• /bin/node
• /bin/npm
• /bin/npx

For example:

# hab pkg install core/node12 --binlink
» Installing core/node12
☁ Determining latest version of core/node12 in the 'stable' channel
↓ Downloading core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455
☛ Verifying core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455
✓ Installed core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455
★ Install of core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 complete with 7 new packages installed.
» Binlinking npm from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 into /bin
★ Binlinked npm from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 to /bin/npm
» Binlinking node from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 into /bin
★ Binlinked node from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 to /bin/node
» Binlinking npx from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 into /bin
★ Binlinked npx from core/node12/12.14.1/20200812143455 to /bin/npx

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal. For example:

/bin/node --help or node --help

$ node --help
Usage: node [options] [ script.js ] [arguments]
       node inspect [options] [ script.js | host:port ] [arguments]

Options:
  -                                script read from stdin (default if no file name
                                   is provided, interactive mode if a tty)
  --                               indicate the end of node options
  --abort-on-uncaught-exception    aborting instead of exiting causes a core file
                                   to be generated for analysis
  -c, --check                      syntax check script without executing
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