https://www.npmjs.org/doc/package.json.html#optionalDependencies
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Pascal Mathis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone > > I am currently trying to offer an *optional native library* for my own > Node.js package. My library actually works 6+ (up to 20, didn't test > further) times faster than with the plain JS implementation. The drawback: > It requires libcrypto++-dev, otherwise the build will fail. Also, it will > not work on Windows operating systems. What I am trying to do is to make > the node-gyp build process optional, so that npm would continue with > installing the package, even if node-gyp fails. Is there any way to do > that? I've already looked through various example gyp-files and stumbled > upon some documentations, but was not able to find a solution. > > Thanks in advance for your answer and have a nice evening! > > Best regards > Pascal > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/13272d96-7d7e-4432-91a2-ded5eaffbe98%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/13272d96-7d7e-4432-91a2-ded5eaffbe98%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CALKLjxpicOdBMi%3Dd0jgMsnDADF4bT2enQdX_VVT7QHK6RkCVPQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
