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Subject: [GitHub] cordova-docs pull request: CB-6680 Clarify instructions for
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Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:59:19 +0000 (UTC)

Github user brianleroux commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/205#discussion_r12813055
  
    --- Diff: docs/en/edge/guide/cli/index.md ---
    @@ -73,22 +74,38 @@ To install the `cordova` command-line tool, follow these steps:
        the CLI does use it behind-the-scenes to download some assets when
        creating a new project.
     
    -1. Install the `cordova` utility. In Unix, prefixing the additional
    -   `sudo` command may be necessary to install development utilities in
    -   otherwise restricted directories:
    +1. Install the `cordova` module using Node.js' `npm` utility. The cordova
    +   module will automatically be downloaded by the `npm` utility.
     
    -        $ sudo npm install -g cordova
    +   * on OS X and Linux:
     
    -   The installation log may produce errors for any uninstalled
    -   platform SDKs.  Following installation, you should be able to run
    -   `cordova` on the command line.
    +            $ sudo npm install -g cordova
    +
    +       On OS X and Linux, prefixing the `npm` command with
    +       `sudo` may be necessary to install this development utility in
    +       otherwise restricted directories such as 
    +       `/usr/local/share`. If you are using the optional
    +       `nvm` tool or have write access to the install directory,
    --- End diff --
    
    if we're mentioning `nvm` we should also mention `nave` by npm's author 


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