"How do I install Cordova?" is a problem that we should address, I think.
That said, broken by default is no good, and if someone has taken the extra step to learn to use nvm, then they are probably fine to know that they don't need sudo. Installing locally is definitely still a path we could explore, but I don't think it's on anyone's priority list to look at that I know of. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > Once again, however, this is not a problem for Cordova to solve but rather > a part of the journey for the developer to undertake. If we start telling > devs how to configure their machines we might as well get into telling > developers how to structure, test, and otherwise architect their apps. > > > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Josh Soref <jso...@blackberry.com> wrote: > > > Marcel Kinard wrote: > > >I'm not a Node.js expert, but the Linux person inside me says that using > > >sudo to install and run things ought to be avoided if possible. > > > > The Unix/Windows person in me is opposed to sudo, but I thought we had > > covered most of the bases already, if we've missed places, please +1 fix > > them :) > > > > >Would there be objection if I changed cordova-docs to omit sudo from the > > >npm install commands? And added references to some of these items below? > > > > > >http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm > > > > > > http://justjs.com/posts/npm-link-developing-your-own-npm-modules-without-t > > >ears > > > > > >https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5320 > > > > >
