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@@ -30,17 +30,16 @@ To use Protocol Buffers with JavaScript, you need two main components:
Setup
=====
-First, compile the Protocol Compiler.
-You can compile `protoc` from GitHub or a source tarball. From the
-top level directory type:
-
- $ ./autogen.sh (only necessary for GitHub)
- $ ./configure
- $ make
+First, obtain the Protocol Compiler. The easiest way is to download
+a pre-built binary from [https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases).
+If you want, you can compile `protoc` from source instead. To do this
+follow the instructions in [the top-level
+README](https://github.com/google/protobuf/blob/master/src/README.md).
Once you have `protoc` compiled, you can run the tests by typing:
+ $ cd js
$ npm install
$ npm test