Create tarballs for each platform that contains all binaries you need.
serve them somewhere.
Create a downloader script that downloads tarballs based on users' platform.
Then in your package.json:
"scripts": {
"preinstall": "./bin/downloader || true; node-gyp rebuild"
}
This is what I do here: https://github.com/milani/appjs/tree/master/bin
On Saturday, May 5, 2012 3:28:39 AM UTC+4:30, Marcel wrote:
>
> Title says it all.
>
> It seems that modules with a compile stage can sometimes be difficult for
> users to get installed. Ubuntu users may not have their node headers
> installed, Windows users may not have any compiler at all, Linux users may
> have broken build environments, there's just lots of issues that come up
> and often require manual intervention.
>
> @japj right now is doing some awesome work getting fibers working on
> Windows (as far as I can tell it's pretty much done) and it's got me
> thinking about distribution for Windows users. It would be simple enough to
> build a version of each tag for Windows 32/64 & Linux 32/64/arm & OS X
> 32/64. Of course source would also be distributed so you could build it on
> your own if you're feeling adventurous or if you're on a different platform.
>
> But is someone going to beat me up if I stick a bunch of compiled binaries
> into npm?
>
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