Try and get rid of the binary dependencies if you can to make it more 
portable and use fleet <https://github.com/substack/fleet> to deploy 
directly from git.

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:29:58 PM UTC+1, Phil Jackson wrote:
>
> Hey, 
>
> I'm wrestling with getting my rather complex application out to people 
> in as frictionless a manor as possible. Here are some details about the 
> it: 
>
> * There are binary dependencies - libxml, hiredis. 
> * Node 0.8.x is required, 0.6 is a no go. 
> * There are three components to the system, proxy, api and base. The 
>   first two depend on the latter. Locally I just use `npm link 
>   ../base`. 
>
> The options I've thought about: 
>
> * Deb/RPM, the trouble with these is that Node 0.8 isn't available on 
>   the major OSs yet. 
> * Building an Amazon AMI or equivalent for other services. Possibly 
>   awkward to maintain. 
> * A script hosted on my site which tries to determine your system 
>   attributes and installs stuff manually. This is riddled with issues 
>   like stomping on node versions etc. 
>
> I'm reaching out to see how others have done it. What's the best way to 
> get a node.js application out there as easily as possible? 
>   
> Cheers, 
> Phil 
> -- 
> Apiaxle http://apiaxle.com - A free, open proxy for your API. 
>

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