Binary installation of node.js instead of HostBuild

[artynet]

Hello @nxhack,

I have come up with a simple hack to speed up the overall node.js build. Instead of compiling the sources for the local build, wouldn't it be simpler to download the binary tarball and extract it in the $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG) folder ? Please take a look at my modification to main the the main node package Makefile here:

artynet@79565b1

looking forward to know about you feedback.....

Kind Regards

[nxhack]

Hi @artynet

Your ideas are simple and effective. Thank you.
However, some packages depend on 'node/host'.

• cloudreve
• adguardhome
• transmission

That will be a concern.

[nxhack]

The other thing I found out is that we need to consider macos and WSL as build environments for OpenWrt other than Linux.

There is an official node.js binary package for macos, but not for WSL, although it can be installed using apt.

As a hobby of mine ;) I have been able to build OpenWrt on FreeBSD.

[nxhack]

I will add an option to support only linux 64bit host. I'm a bit busy right now, so implementation will come a bit later.