From dbe2a1b2b40ab59692ab772f434af5802707c75c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Riyadh Al Nur Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:52:30 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README Updated README to inform OSX users that XCode doesn't need to be installed in order to get stsrted using `nvm`. Fixes #921 --- README.markdown | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index d706ad7..c029551 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ Note: `nvm` does not support [Fish] either (see [#303](https://github.com/creati Note: We still have some problems with FreeBSD, because there is no pre-built binary from official for FreeBSD, and building from source may need [patches](https://www.freshports.org/www/node/files/patch-deps_v8_src_base_platform_platform-posix.cc), see the issue ticket: - [[#900] [Bug] nodejs on FreeBSD need to be patched ](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/900) - - [nodejs/node#3716](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3716) + - [nodejs/node#3716](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3716) + +Note: On OSX, if you do not have XCode installed and you do not wish to download the ~4.3GB file, you can install the `Command Line Tools`. You can check out this blog post on how to just that: + - [How to Install Command Line Tools in OS X Mavericks & Yosemite (Without Xcode)](http://osxdaily.com/2014/02/12/install-command-line-tools-mac-os-x/) ### Install script