Commit e9fc548
doc: refresh instructions for building node from source
- Organize the prerequisites sub-header properly
- Add a note about memory limit
PR-URL: #53768
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>1 parent 65b6fec commit e9fc548
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| 19 | 19 | * [OpenSSL asm support](#openssl-asm-support) | |
| 20 | 20 | * [Previous versions of this document](#previous-versions-of-this-document) | |
| 21 | 21 | * [Building Node.js on supported platforms](#building-nodejs-on-supported-platforms) | |
| 22 | - * [Note about Python](#note-about-python) | ||
| 22 | + * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) | ||
| 23 | 23 | * [Unix and macOS](#unix-and-macos) | |
| 24 | 24 | * [Unix prerequisites](#unix-prerequisites) | |
| 25 | 25 | * [macOS prerequisites](#macos-prerequisites) | |
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ file a new issue. | |||
| 33 | 33 | * [Speeding up frequent rebuilds when developing](#speeding-up-frequent-rebuilds-when-developing) | |
| 34 | 34 | * [Troubleshooting Unix and macOS builds](#troubleshooting-unix-and-macos-builds) | |
| 35 | 35 | * [Windows](#windows) | |
| 36 | - * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) | ||
| 36 | + * [Windows Prerequisites](#windows-prerequisites) | ||
| 37 | 37 | * [Option 1: Manual install](#option-1-manual-install) | |
| 38 | 38 | * [Option 2: Automated install with Boxstarter](#option-2-automated-install-with-boxstarter) | |
| 39 | 39 | * [Building Node.js](#building-nodejs-2) | |
@@ -228,9 +228,10 @@ Consult previous versions of this document for older versions of Node.js: | |||
| 228 | 228 | ||
| 229 | 229 | ## Building Node.js on supported platforms | |
| 230 | 230 | ||
| 231 | - ### Note about Python | ||
| 231 | + ### Prerequisites | ||
| 232 | 232 | ||
| 233 | - The Node.js project supports Python >= 3 for building and testing. | ||
| 233 | + * Python support: the Node.js project supports Python >= 3.6 for building and testing. | ||
| 234 | + * Memory: at least 8GB of RAM is typically required when compiling with 4 parallel jobs (e.g: `make -j4`) | ||
| 234 | 235 | ||
| 235 | 236 | ### Unix and macOS | |
| 236 | 237 | ||
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| 623 | 624 | ||
| 624 | 625 | Refs: #24448, <https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/37518>, [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/) | |
| 625 | 626 | ||
| 626 | - #### Prerequisites | ||
| 627 | + #### Windows Prerequisites | ||
| 627 | 628 | ||
| 628 | 629 | ##### Option 1: Manual install | |
| 629 | 630 | ||
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