Installation Instructions

[aackerman]

I was able to figure it out but it would be great for others if you could add the instructions that the project needs to be built with node-gyp before using. Or if it's possible to setup autobuild when the project is downloaded from npm that would be even better. Thanks.

[wadey]

Are you using an old version of NPM? The latest versions should build the project with gyp when installing.

[wadey]

Example of installing with npm 1.1.15, showing the building is done:

$ npm install microtime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/bindings

> [email protected] install /Users/wade/sandbox/node_modules/microtime
> node-gyp rebuild

info it worked if it ends with ok 
spawn python [ '/Users/wade/.node-gyp/0.6.14/tools/gyp_addon',
  'binding.gyp',
  '-I/Users/wade/sandbox/node_modules/microtime/build/config.gypi',
  '-f',
  'make' ]
spawn make [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/microtime/src/microtime.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/microtime.node
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/microtime.node: Finished
info done ok 
[email protected] ./node_modules/microtime
└── [email protected]

[aackerman]

Yep I was on 1.1.0, if it works with newer versions everything is good.

[wadey]

I'll research what version is required and put a note in the README

[nategood]

👍

I too ran into this issue. A note in the README would be very helpful.

[evenwestvang]

+1

[wadey]

Added note to README: 3f28c7e