Personally, I prefer to install Node through NVM ( https://github.com/creationix/nvm) for development environments. For our stage, QA, and production environments we use the prebuilt image.
As for advantages, honestly, I can't find any unless you plan on working on the Node codebase yourself. On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:50 AM, JamieP <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to install Node on Linux and am not sure whether to unpack the > pre-built binary for Linux 64 or to build from source. > > Can anyone brief me on the drivers behind building from source on the > target machine as opposed to just unpacking a pre-built version? > > cheers > > -- > 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/3ef23a1e-aeeb-4a6a-96b0-535a9b2e97d2%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/3ef23a1e-aeeb-4a6a-96b0-535a9b2e97d2%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/CAAhs7EiCQjrYc76FHSBx94S4zpT%3DYKpBNqWmreiYXUcqTD5d_A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
