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Sharmaji
Sharmaji

Reputation: 599

Node.js Installation Windows

I know this may be a stupid question to ask but I want to be sure about using node.js on windows. Can I use node.js on windows with any way ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2337

Answers (7)

Juan Lanus
Juan Lanus

Reputation: 2344

I have set this report on my experience setting a portable node.js ambient on Windows.
In order to leverage it you must be a full newbie.
It is not installed the Windows way, but instead it's made of expanded archives.
After doing the steps you end up with a command-line invironment capable of running node.js together with a few more tools usually found in UNIX-like environments.
It's here: http://bit.ly/YbGYVg

Upvotes: 0

Steven Pena
Steven Pena

Reputation: 1185

I installed the Node.js Azure SDK from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=254279&clcid=0x409 . Open up a command prompt and type 'node' - you're good to go.

Upvotes: 0

Colonel Panic
Colonel Panic

Reputation: 137722

There's Windows binaries for Node itself, but it's crippled without the package manager npm.

Update: As of December 2011 there's a Node installer for Windows that bundles the package manager npm. How this rocks! http://nodejs.org/

Upvotes: 3

nponeccop
nponeccop

Reputation: 13677

With 0.4.x and earlier versions it is better to use pre-compiled binaries from http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/ . To extract, you can use WinRar in addition to 7zip.

The 0.5.x branch barely works in Cygwin, and official support for Cygwin was dropped, so you will have to use the precompiled the native windows exe http://nodejs.org provides. NPM doesn't work with 0.5.x prior to 0.5.8, but for 0.5.8 and later there is an instruction how to get NPM running:

http://npmjs.org/doc/README.html#Installing-on-Windows-Experimental

Upvotes: 0

kelvinfix
kelvinfix

Reputation: 3075

Yes you can.

Download the node.js binaries from http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/

Unzip it to any location, you need 7zip to unzip it.

Then put the node.js bin directory into path.

Use terminal to run node

Upvotes: 1

jmar777
jmar777

Reputation: 39679

The 0.5.x (unstable) branch comes with a pre-compiled node.exe. Odd branches are for development though, so it would be good enough for hacking around with (has some feature gaps), but you'll need to wait until 0.6.x for a stable "off-the-shelf" solution in windows.

Upvotes: 1

yojimbo87
yojimbo87

Reputation: 68403

Yes, there is currently official unstable version of node.js for windows. Check out Windows executable in download section.

Upvotes: 1

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