Build and run rust-based node-addon (neon) on Linux

node-addon-linux64-rust.md

Neon on Linux

• Install rust by executing this: $ curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh
• Install node (v4.2.*), e.g. $ nvm install 4
• Install neon: $ npm install -g neon-cli
• Patch the templates/binding.gyp.hbs of the neon-cli using a patch from here: https://github.com/dherman/neon-cli/pull/6/commits
• Take the advice to edit the ../<(static_lib) into <(PRODUCT_DIR)/../../<(static_lib)
• Create a new neon project: $ neon new hello
• $ cd hello
• Edit the Cargo.toml deps to fetch the latest neon from git:

[dependencies]
neon = { git = 'https://github.com/dherman/neon.git' }

• $ npm install
• $ node -e 'require("./")'