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Add support for non-Intel architectures

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#19 opened on Jun 27, 2020

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Description

I have a CLI tool that installs different binaries depending on the system architecture, and it worked fine so far for Windows, macOS and Intel GNU/Linux, but when I tried it on a Raspberry Pi, it installed the x86 binary, which obviously is not the desired effect.

Since Node.js is available on non-Intel architectures too, it would be recommended to support them too, and by all means avoid converting from one architecture to another.

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Research direction
Investigate how to use process.arch or os.arch() to detect non Intel architectures like ARM, ARM64, etc., and update the CLI tool to select the appropriate binary for each architecture.
Tech stack
javascriptnodejs
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Node.jsos module
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65