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This makes README.md easier to consume and likely less
confusing for people that get it as part of a binary download.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5634
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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## Building Node.js
Depending on what platform or features you require the build process may
differ slightly. After you've successfully built a binary, running the
test suite to validate that the binary works as intended is a good next step.
If you consistently can reproduce a test failure, search for it in the
[Node.js issue tracker](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues) or
file a new issue.
### Unix / Macintosh
Prerequisites:
* `gcc` and `g++` 4.8 or newer, or
* `clang` and `clang++` 3.4 or newer
* Python 2.6 or 2.7
* GNU Make 3.81 or newer
* libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
```text
$ ./configure
$ make
$ [sudo] make install
```
If your Python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
non-standard name, run the following instead:
```text
$ export PYTHON=/path/to/python
$ $PYTHON ./configure
$ make
$ [sudo] make install
```
To run the tests:
```text
$ make test
```
To build the documentation:
```text
$ make doc
```
To read the documentation:
```text
$ man doc/node.1
```
To test if Node.js was built correctly:
```
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```
### Windows
Prerequisites:
* [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* Visual Studio 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition, or
* Visual Studio Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.
```text
> vcbuild nosign
```
To run the tests:
```text
> vcbuild test
```
To test if Node.js was built correctly:
```
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```
### Android / Android based devices, aka. Firefox OS
Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK]
(https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)
before in a folder. Then run:
```
$ ./android-configure /path/to/your/android-ndk
$ make
```
### `Intl` (ECMA-402) support:
[Intl](https://github.com/nodejs/node/wiki/Intl) support is not
enabled by default.
#### "small" (English only) support
This option will build with "small" (English only) support, but
the full `Intl` (ECMA-402) APIs. With `--download=all` it will
download the ICU library as needed.
##### Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=small-icu --download=all
```
##### Windows:
```text
> vcbuild small-icu download-all
```
The `small-icu` mode builds with English-only data. You can add full
data at runtime.
*Note:* more docs are on
[the node wiki](https://github.com/nodejs/node/wiki/Intl).
#### Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU):
With the `--download=all`, this may download ICU if you don't have an
ICU in `deps/icu`.
##### Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --download=all
```
##### Windows:
```text
> vcbuild full-icu download-all
```
#### Building without Intl support
The `Intl` object will not be available. This is the default at
present, so this option is not normally needed.
##### Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=none
```
##### Windows:
```text
> vcbuild intl-none
```
#### Use existing installed ICU (Unix / Macintosh only):
```text
$ pkg-config --modversion icu-i18n && ./configure --with-intl=system-icu
```
If you are cross compiling, your `pkg-config` must be able to supply a path
that works for both your host and target environments.
#### Build with a specific ICU:
You can find other ICU releases at
[the ICU homepage](http://icu-project.org/download).
Download the file named something like `icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz` (or
`.zip`).
##### Unix / Macintosh
```text
# from an already-unpacked ICU:
$ ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu
# from a local ICU tarball
$ ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu.tgz
# from a tarball URL
$ ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --with-icu-source=http://url/to/icu.tgz
```
##### Windows
First unpack latest ICU to `deps/icu`
[icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz](http://icu-project.org/download) (or `.zip`)
as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
```text
> vcbuild full-icu
```
## Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL
NOTE: Windows is not yet supported
It is possible to build Node.js with
[OpenSSL FIPS module](https://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/fipsnotes.html).
**Note**: building in this way does **not** allow you to claim that the
runtime is FIPS 140-2 validated. Instead you can indicate that the runtime
uses a validated module. See the [security policy](http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf)
page 60 for more details. In addition, the validation for the underlying module
is only valid if it is deployed in accordance with its [security policy](http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf).
If you need FIPS validated cryptography it is recommended that you read both
the [security policy](http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf)
and [user guide](https://openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf).
### Instructions
1. Obtain a copy of openssl-fips-x.x.x.tar.gz.
To comply with the security policy you must ensure the path
through which you get the file complies with the requirements
for a "secure installation" as described in section 6.6 in
the [user guide](https://openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf).
For evaluation/experimentation you can simply download and verify
`openssl-fips-x.x.x.tar.gz` from https://www.openssl.org/source/
2. Extract source to `openssl-fips` folder and `cd openssl-fips`
3. `./config`
4. `make`
5. `make install`
(NOTE: to comply with the security policy you must use the exact
commands in steps 3-5 without any additional options as per
Appendix A in the [security policy](http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf).
The only exception is that `./config no-asm` can be
used in place of `./config`, and the FIPSDIR environment variable
may be used to specify a non-standard install folder for the
validated module, as per User Guide sections 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3.
6. Get into Node.js checkout folder
7. `./configure --openssl-fips=/path/to/openssl-fips/installdir`
For example on ubuntu 12 the installation directory was
/usr/local/ssl/fips-2.0
8. Build Node.js with `make -j`
9. Verify with `node -p "process.versions.openssl"` (`1.0.2a-fips`)

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## Build ## Building Node.js
### Unix / Macintosh See [BUILDING.md](BUILDING.md) for instructions on how to build
Node.js from source.
Prerequisites:
* `gcc` and `g++` 4.8 or newer, or
* `clang` and `clang++` 3.4 or newer
* Python 2.6 or 2.7
* GNU Make 3.81 or newer
* libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
```text
$ ./configure
$ make
$ [sudo] make install
```
If your Python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
non-standard name, run the following instead:
```text
$ export PYTHON=/path/to/python
$ $PYTHON ./configure
$ make
$ [sudo] make install
```
To run the tests:
```text
$ make test
```
To build the documentation:
```text
$ make doc
```
To read the documentation:
```text
$ man doc/node.1
```
To test if Node.js was built correctly:
```
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```
### Windows
Prerequisites:
* [Python 2.6 or 2.7](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
* Visual Studio 2013 / 2015, all editions including the Community edition, or
* Visual Studio Express 2013 / 2015 for Desktop
* Basic Unix tools required for some tests,
[Git for Windows](http://git-scm.com/download/win) includes Git Bash
and tools which can be included in the global `PATH`.
```text
> vcbuild nosign
```
To run the tests:
```text
> vcbuild test
```
To test if Node.js was built correctly:
```
$ node -e "console.log('Hello from Node.js ' + process.version)"
```
### Android / Android based devices, aka. Firefox OS
Be sure you have downloaded and extracted [Android NDK]
(https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html)
before in a folder. Then run:
```
$ ./android-configure /path/to/your/android-ndk
$ make
```
### `Intl` (ECMA-402) support:
[Intl](https://github.com/nodejs/node/wiki/Intl) support is not
enabled by default.
#### "small" (English only) support
This option will build with "small" (English only) support, but
the full `Intl` (ECMA-402) APIs. With `--download=all` it will
download the ICU library as needed.
Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=small-icu --download=all
```
Windows:
```text
> vcbuild small-icu download-all
```
The `small-icu` mode builds with English-only data. You can add full
data at runtime.
*Note:* more docs are on
[the node wiki](https://github.com/nodejs/node/wiki/Intl).
#### Build with full ICU support (all locales supported by ICU):
With the `--download=all`, this may download ICU if you don't have an
ICU in `deps/icu`.
Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --download=all
```
Windows:
```text
> vcbuild full-icu download-all
```
#### Build with no Intl support `:-(`
The `Intl` object will not be available. This is the default at
present, so this option is not normally needed.
Unix / Macintosh:
```text
$ ./configure --with-intl=none
```
Windows:
```text
> vcbuild intl-none
```
#### Use existing installed ICU (Unix / Macintosh only):
```text
$ pkg-config --modversion icu-i18n && ./configure --with-intl=system-icu
```
If you are cross compiling, your `pkg-config` must be able to supply a path
that works for both your host and target environments.
#### Build with a specific ICU:
You can find other ICU releases at
[the ICU homepage](http://icu-project.org/download).
Download the file named something like `icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz` (or
`.zip`).
Unix / Macintosh
```text
# from an already-unpacked ICU:
$ ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu
# from a local ICU tarball
$ ./configure --with-intl=[small-icu,full-icu] --with-icu-source=/path/to/icu.tgz
# from a tarball URL
$ ./configure --with-intl=full-icu --with-icu-source=http://url/to/icu.tgz
```
Windows
First unpack latest ICU to `deps/icu`
[icu4c-**##.#**-src.tgz](http://icu-project.org/download) (or `.zip`)
as `deps/icu` (You'll have: `deps/icu/source/...`)
```text
> vcbuild full-icu
```
# Building Node.js with FIPS-compliant OpenSSL
NOTE: Windows is not yet supported
It is possible to build Node.js with
[OpenSSL FIPS module](https://www.openssl.org/docs/fips/fipsnotes.html).
**Note** that building in this way does **not** allow you to
claim that the runtime is FIPS 140-2 validated. Instead you
can indicate that the runtime uses a validated module. See
the [security policy]
(http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf)
page 60 for more details. In addition, the validation for
the underlying module is only valid if it is deployed in
accordance with its [security policy]
(http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf).
If you need FIPS validated cryptography it is recommended that you
read both the [security policy]
(http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf)
and [user guide] (https://openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf).
Instructions:
1. Obtain a copy of openssl-fips-x.x.x.tar.gz.
To comply with the security policy you must ensure the path
through which you get the file complies with the requirements
for a "secure installation" as described in section 6.6 in
the [user guide] (https://openssl.org/docs/fips/UserGuide-2.0.pdf).
For evaluation/experimentation you can simply download and verify
`openssl-fips-x.x.x.tar.gz` from https://www.openssl.org/source/
2. Extract source to `openssl-fips` folder and `cd openssl-fips`
3. `./config`
4. `make`
5. `make install`
(NOTE: to comply with the security policy you must use the exact
commands in steps 3-5 without any additional options as per
Appendix A in the [security policy]
(http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140sp/140sp1747.pdf).
The only exception is that `./config no-asm` can be
used in place of `./config`, and the FIPSDIR environment variable
may be used to specify a non-standard install folder for the
validated module, as per User Guide sections 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3.
6. Get into Node.js checkout folder
7. `./configure --openssl-fips=/path/to/openssl-fips/installdir`
For example on ubuntu 12 the installation directory was
/usr/local/ssl/fips-2.0
8. Build Node.js with `make -j`
9. Verify with `node -p "process.versions.openssl"` (`1.0.2a-fips`)
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