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[Docs] Update Installation section #1431
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1. If we are not going to install nodejs or io.js from source, we may not need to have c++ compiler or libssl-dev package 2. the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages should work on all the Debian and Ubuntu based GNU/Linux distros 3. Remove useless blank lines
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First you'll need to make sure your system has a c++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Ubuntu, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work. | |||
If you're going to install nodejs or io.js from its source code, you'll need to make sure your system has a c++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Debian/Ubuntu based GNU/Linux, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work. |
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We should specify here that "installing from its source code" is only necessary when there is not a prepackaged binary available for your system.
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First you'll need to make sure your system has a c++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Ubuntu, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work. | |||
If you're running a system without prepackaged binary available, which means you'll going to install nodejs or io.js from its source code, you need to make sure your system has a c++ compiler. For OS X, Xcode will work, for Debian/Ubuntu based GNU/Linux, the `build-essential` and `libssl-dev` packages work. |
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not need to have c++ compiler or libssl-dev package
build-essential
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packages should work on allthe Debian and Ubuntu based GNU/Linux distros