Question: headers in the official Linux binaries.

[ht990332]

Hello. This might be something obvious that I am missing but how come the official linux 64bit binaries include headers but no static or shared node library?

Thank you.

[bnoordhuis]

Node is always a single binary. You can build node as a static or shared library but no precompiled images are distributed. I'm not saying it'll never happen but I don't think it's high prio or that there's much demand for it, and having too many different downloads might be confusing.

[ht990332]

Are the headers required in any case scenario with the official distribution then or can they be deleted?

[bnoordhuis]

Only when you want to build native modules (add-ons written in C or C++), otherwise no.