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authorGravatar Julien Boeuf <jboeuf@google.com>2015-08-26 11:19:10 -0700
committerGravatar Julien Boeuf <jboeuf@google.com>2015-08-26 11:19:10 -0700
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:grpc/grpc into cpp_auth_md_processor
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@@ -5,11 +5,35 @@ Alpha : Ready for early adopters
## PREREQUISITES
- `node`: This requires `node` to be installed. If you instead have the `nodejs` executable on Debian, you should install the [`nodejs-legacy`](https://packages.debian.org/sid/nodejs-legacy) package.
-- [homebrew][] on Mac OS X, [linuxbrew][] on Linux. These simplify the installation of the gRPC C core.
+- [homebrew][] on Mac OS X. These simplify the installation of the gRPC C core.
## INSTALLATION
-On Mac OS X, install [homebrew][]. On Linux, install [linuxbrew][].
-Run the following command to install gRPC Node.js.
+
+**Linux (Debian):**
+
+Add [Debian unstable][] to your `sources.list` file. Example:
+
+```sh
+echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free" | \
+sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
+```
+
+Install the gRPC Debian package
+
+```sh
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install libgrpc-dev
+```
+
+Install the gRPC NPM package
+
+```sh
+npm install grpc
+```
+
+**Mac OS X**
+
+Install [homebrew][]. Run the following command to install gRPC Node.js.
```sh
$ curl -fsSL https://goo.gl/getgrpc | bash -s nodejs
```
@@ -88,5 +112,5 @@ ServerCredentials
An object with factory methods for creating credential objects for servers.
[homebrew]:http://brew.sh
-[linuxbrew]:https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew#installation
[gRPC install script]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install
+[Debian unstable]:https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/