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# Overview
This directory is used for building the [node-oracledb npm
package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/oracledb). The scripts can also be used
to create a custom package for hosting on a local server.
Most users do not need to use anything in this directory.
# Maintainers
In a clone or copy of the repository:
- Run `npm run buildbinary`. This calls `buildbinary.js` to create a
node-oracledb binary for the current operating system. Depending how Node.js
was installed, you may need to run `npm install node-gyp -g` first.
You can run `npm run buildbinary` on each operating system architecture that
you want to include in your package. Copy the node-oracledb binaries and
related build metadata information files from all `package/Staging`
directories to the `package/Staging` directory on one machine.
- Run `npm run buildpackage`. This calls `buildpackage.js` to make the
node-oracledb package containing the node-oracledb JavaScript files, the
available binaries, and a `package.json` that has `install` and `prune` script
targets. The package will be created in the top level directory. It can be
uploaded to npmjs.com, or to your own local server, and then used as a
dependency in your projects.
# Package Installation
- When running `npm install` with the created package, the `package.json`
install script runs `install.js` to check the availability of a binary module
for the current Node.js version and operating system architecture.
- If installation succeeds, space conscious users can then run `npm run prune`
which removes pre-built binaries for all other architectures.
- If `npm install` fails because a suitable binary is not available, users must
then compile node-oracledb using source code from GitHub. Alternatively a
different version of node-oracledb, Node.js, or different operating system may
have a suitable pre-built binary available. See
https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/releases for information about Node.js
versions and pre-built node-oracledb binaries.
The
[`package.json`](https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/blob/main/package.json)
in GitHub doesn't have an `install` script target by default. This means that
node-gyp will be invoked to compile node-oracledb. This allows installation
from GitHub [source
code](https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/INSTALL.html#github) when no
suitable pre-built binary is available.