From 7fa34d3f0c6edbda2b481ef1e46619f310d14911 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Gee Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:35:03 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Rework install location description --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ef00018..6221c7b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ If you already have Node.js installed, an easy way to install `n` is using `npm` npm install -g n -Once installed, `n` caches Node.js versions in subdirectory `n/versions` of the directory specified in environment variable `N_PREFIX`, which defaults to `/usr/local`. - -The _active_ Node.js version is installed under `N_PREFIX`. (This creates subdirectories `bin`, `include`, `lib` and `share`.) +The `n` command downloads and installs to `/usr/local` by default, but you may override this location by defining `N_PREFIX`. +`n` caches Node.js versions in subdirectory `n/versions`. The _active_ Node.js version is installed in subdirectories `bin`, `include`, `lib`, and `share`. To avoid requiring `sudo` for `n` and `npm` global installs, it is suggested you either install to your home directory using `N_PREFIX`, or take ownership of the system directories: @@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ to install `n` to `bin/n` of the directory specified in the environment variable On macOS with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) you can install the [n formula](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/n.rb). brew install n - + Or on macOS with [MacPorts](https://www.macports.org/) you can install the [n port](https://ports.macports.org/port/n/summary): port install n @@ -234,9 +233,10 @@ There is also `N_NODE_DOWNLOAD_MIRROR` for a different mirror with same layout a ## Custom Architecture -By default `n` picks the binaries matching your system architecture. For example, on a 64 bit system `n` will download 64 bit binaries. +By default `n` picks the binaries matching your system architecture. For example, on a 64 bit system `n` will download 64 bit binaries. On a Mac with Apple silicon: + - for Node.js 16 and higher, `n` defaults to arm64 binaries which run natively - for older versions of Node.js, `n` defaults to x64 binaries which run in Rosetta 2