From 9858af9014a00d9d5054c33830b23e10ef146586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anmol Sethi Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 00:16:47 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Mention yarn as another installation option --- README.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8f24123a1..440e5f22c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,18 +33,19 @@ systemctl --user enable --now code-server # Now visit http://127.0.0.1:8080. Your password is in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml ``` -### npm +### yarn, npm -We recommend installing from `npm` if we don't have a precompiled release for your machine's +We recommend installing with `yarn` or `npm` if we don't have a precompiled release for your machine's platform or architecture or your glibc < v2.19. -**note:** Installing via `npm` builds native modules on install and so requires C dependencies. +**note:** Installing via `yarn` or `npm` builds native modules on install and so requires C dependencies. See [./doc/npm.md](./doc/npm.md) for installing these dependencies. You will need at least node v12 installed. See [#1633](https://github.com/cdr/code-server/issues/1633). ```bash -npm install -g code-server +yarn global add code-server +# Or: npm install -g code-server code-server # Now visit http://127.0.0.1:8080. Your password is in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml ```