sharp/docs/install.md
Felix Bünemann dce3840537 Update Lambda instructions for Node.js 4.3 (#419)
Amazon introduced Node.js 4.3 support for Lambda, which is now the
recommended runtime instead of the old Node.js 0.10. This commit revises
the Lambda docs to build Node.js 4.3 compatible binaries using the
latest stable Node.js 4.x packages from Nodesource.
2016-04-27 19:39:30 +01:00

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# Installation
```sh
npm install sharp
```
### Prerequisites
* C++11 compatible compiler such as gcc 4.6+ (Node v4+ requires gcc 4.8+), clang 3.0+ or MSVC 2013
* [node-gyp](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp#installation)
### Linux
[![Ubuntu 14.04 Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lovell/sharp.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lovell/sharp)
[![Linux Build Status](https://circleci.com/gh/lovell/sharp.svg?style=svg&circle-token=6cb6d1d287a51af83722b19ed8885377fbc85e5c)](https://circleci.com/gh/lovell/sharp)
libvips and its dependencies are fetched and stored within `node_modules/sharp/lib` during `npm install`.
This involves an automated HTTPS download of approximately 6MB.
Most recent Linux-based operating systems with glibc running on x64 and ARMv6+ CPUs should "just work", e.g.:
* Debian 7, 8
* Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10
* Centos 7
* Fedora 21, 22, 23
* openSUSE 13.2
* Archlinux 2015.06.01
* Raspbian Jessie
* Amazon Linux 2015.03, 2015.09
To use your own version of libvips instead of the provided binaries, make sure it is
at least the version listed under `config.libvips` in the `package.json` file that it
can be located using `pkg-config`. If you are using non-stadard paths (anything other
than `/usr` or `/usr/local`), you might need to set `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` during `npm install`
and `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` at runtime.
You can print the detected vips version using: `pkg-config --modversion vips-cpp`
This allows the use of newer versions of libvips with older versions of sharp.
For older Linux-based operating systems and 32-bit Intel CPUs,
a system-wide installation of the most suitable version of
libvips and its dependencies can be achieved by running
the following command as a user with `sudo` access
(requires `curl` and `pkg-config`):
```sh
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lovell/sharp/master/preinstall.sh | sudo bash -
```
For Linux-based operating systems such as Alpine that use musl libc,
the smaller stack size means libvips' cache should be disabled
via `sharp.cache(false)` to avoid a stack overflow.
Beware of Linux OS upgrades that introduce v5.1+ of the `g++` compiler due to
[changes](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_abi.html)
in the C++11 ABI.
This module assumes the previous behaviour, which can be enforced by setting the
`_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0` environment variable at libvips' compile time.
### Mac OS
[![OS X 10.9.5 Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lovell/sharp.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lovell/sharp)
libvips must be installed before `npm install` is run.
This can be achieved via homebrew:
```sh
brew install homebrew/science/vips
```
For GIF input and WebP output suppport use:
```sh
brew install homebrew/science/vips --with-imagemagick --with-webp
```
A missing or incorrectly configured _Xcode Command Line Tools_ installation
[can lead](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/80) to a
`library not found for -ljpeg` error.
If so, please try: `xcode-select --install`.
The _gettext_ dependency of _libvips_
[can lead](https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/9)
to a `library not found for -lintl` error.
If so, please try `brew link gettext --force`.
### Windows
[![Windows x64 Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/pgtul704nkhhg6sg)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/lovell/sharp)
libvips and its dependencies are fetched and stored within `node_modules\sharp` during `npm install`.
This involves an automated HTTPS download of approximately 9MB.
Only 64-bit (x64) `node.exe` is supported.
The WebP format is currently unavailable on Windows.
### FreeBSD
libvips must be installed before `npm install` is run.
This can be achieved via [FreshPorts](https://www.freshports.org/graphics/vips/):
```sh
cd /usr/ports/graphics/vips/ && make install clean
```
### Heroku
[Alessandro Tagliapietra](https://github.com/alex88) maintains an
[Heroku buildpack for libvips](https://github.com/alex88/heroku-buildpack-vips)
and its dependencies.
### Docker
[Marc Bachmann](https://github.com/marcbachmann) maintains an
[Ubuntu-based Dockerfile for libvips](https://github.com/marcbachmann/dockerfile-libvips).
```sh
docker pull marcbachmann/libvips
```
[Will Jordan](https://github.com/wjordan) maintains an
[Alpine-based Dockerfile for libvips](https://github.com/wjordan/dockerfile-libvips).
```sh
docker pull wjordan/libvips
```
### AWS Lambda
In order to use sharp on AWS Lambda, you need to [create a deployment package](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/nodejs-create-deployment-pkg.html). Because sharp
downloads and links libraries for the current platform during `npm install` you have to
do this on a system similar to the [Lambda Execution Environment](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/current-supported-versions.html). The easiest ways to do this, is to setup a
small t2.micro instance using the AMI ID listed in the previous link, ssh into it as ec2-user
and follow the instructions below.
Install dependencies:
```sh
curl -s https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo bash -
sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ nodejs
```
Copy your code and package.json to the instance using `scp` and create a deployment package:
```sh
cd sharp-lambda-example
npm install
zip -ur9 ../sharp-lambda-example.zip index.js node_modules
```
You can now download your deployment ZIP using `scp` and upload it to Lambda. Be sure to set your Lambda runtime to Node.js 4.3.
**Performance Tip:** To get the best performance on Lambda choose the largest memory available because this also gives you the most cpu time (a 1536 MB function is 12x faster than a 128 MB function).
### Build tools
* [gulp-responsive](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-responsive)
* [grunt-sharp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-sharp)