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diff --git a/docs/installing-solidity.rst b/docs/installing-solidity.rst index 345780d7..66e8038f 100644 --- a/docs/installing-solidity.rst +++ b/docs/installing-solidity.rst @@ -25,24 +25,25 @@ without connection to the Internet, you can go to https://github.com/ethereum/browser-solidity/tree/gh-pages and download the .ZIP file as explained on that page. - npm / Node.js ============= This is probably the most portable and most convenient way to install Solidity locally. A platform-independent JavaScript library is provided by compiling the C++ source -into JavaScript using Emscripten for browser-solidity and there is also an npm -package available. +into JavaScript using Emscripten. It can be used in projects directly (such as Browser-Solidity). +Please refer to the `solc-js <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js>`_ repository for instructions. -To install it, simply use +It also contains a commandline tool called `solcjs`, which can be installed via npm: .. code:: bash - npm install solc + npm install -g solc + +.. note:: -Details about the usage of the Node.js package can be found in the -`solc-js repository <https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js>`_. + The comandline options of `solcjs` are not compatible with `solc` and tools (such as `geth`) + expecting the behaviour of `solc` will not work with `solcjs`. Docker ====== |