nodejs/debian/README.Debian

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/usr/bin/node, /usr/bin/nodejs
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"node" binary name is not available in stretch,
and is replaced by "nodejs".
"node" binary name is available in buster, and
"nodejs" is kept to avoid breaking old scripts.
However, the preferred name is "node" since it is
the upstream binary name.
Supported architectures
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nodejs runs on architectures where v8 runs.
In particular, v8 cannot run on these debian ports:
- armel because v8 requires v6+ instruction set:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=3285
- powerpc because v8 requires POWER5+ instruction set:
https://github.com/ibmruntimes/node/issues/65