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# Paper.js - The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/paperjs/paper.js.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/paperjs/paper.js) [![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/paper.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/paper) ![Bower](https://img.shields.io/bower/v/paper.svg)
# Paper.js - The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/paperjs/paper.js.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/paperjs/paper.js) [![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/paper.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/paper)
If you want to work with Paper.js, simply download the latest "stable" version
from [http://paperjs.org/download/](http://paperjs.org/download/)
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The recommended way to install and maintain Paper.js as a dependency in your
project is through the [Node.js Package Manager (NPM)](https://www.npmjs.com/)
for browsers, Node.js or Electron, as well as through Bower for browsers.
for browsers, Node.js or Electron.
If NPM or Bower is already installed, simply type one of these
commands in your project folder:
If NPM is already installed, simply type one of these commands in your project
folder:
```sh
npm install paper
# Or:
bower install paper
```
Upon execution, you will find a `paper` folder inside the project's
`node_modules` / `bower_components` folder.
`node_modules` folder.
For more information on how to install Node.js and NPM, read the chapter
[Installing Node.js and NPM](#installing-nodejs-and-npm).
### Which Version to Use?
### Which Version to Use
The various distributions come with two different pre-build versions of
Paper.js, in minified and normal variants:
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For Linux, see <https://nodejs.org/download/> to locate 32-bit and 64-bit Node.js
binaries as well as sources, or use NVM, as described in the paragraph above.
### Installing Paper.js for Node.js
### Installing Paper.js Using NPM
Paper.js comes in three different versions on NPM: `paper`, `paper-jsdom` and
`paper-jsdom-canvas`. Depending on your use case, you need to required a
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In order to install `paper-jsdom-canvas`, you need the [Cairo Graphics
library](https://cairographics.org/) installed in your system:
##### Installing Cairo and Pango on macOS:
### Installing Native Dependencies
The easiest way to install Cairo is through [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), by
issuing the command:
Paper.js relies on [Node-Canvas](https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas) for
rendering, which in turn relies on the native libraries
[Cairo](https://cairographics.org/) and [Pango](https://www.pango.org/).
#### Installing Native Dependencies on macOS
Paper.js relies on Node-Canvas for rendering, which in turn relies on Cairo and
Pango. The easiest way to install Cairo is through
[Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), by issuing the command:
brew install cairo pango
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npm install paper
npm update
##### Installing Cairo, Pango and all other dependencies on Debian/Ubuntu Linux:
#### Installing Native Dependencies on Debian/Ubuntu Linux
sudo apt-get install pkg-config libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libssl-dev libjpeg62-dev libgif-dev
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sudo apt-get install build-essential
##### After Cairo has been installed:
#### Installing Native Dependencies for Electron
In order to build Node-Canvas for use of `paper-jsdom-canvas` in Electron, which
is likely to use a different version of V8 than the Node binary installed in
your system, you need to manually specify the location of Electrons headers.
Follow these steps to do so:
[Electron — Using Native Node
Modules](https://electron.atom.io/docs/tutorial/using-native-node-modules/)
#### After Native Dependencies have been installed
You should now be able to install the Paper.js module with jsdom and Canvas
rendering from NPM:
npm install paper-jsdom-canvas
### Installing Paper.js with Node-Canvas for Electron
[Node-Canvas](https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas) is a native dependency.
In order to build it for use of `paper-jsdom-canvas` in Electron, which is
likely to use a different version of V8 than the Node binary installed in your
system, you need to manually specify the location of Electrons headers. Follow
these steps to do so:
[Electron — Using Native Node
Modules](https://electron.atom.io/docs/tutorial/using-native-node-modules/)
## Development
The main Paper.js source tree is hosted on
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### Setting Up For Building
As of 2016, Paper.js uses [Gulp.js](https://gulpjs.com/) for building, and has a
couple of dependencies as Bower and NPM modules. Read the chapter [Installing
Node.js, NPM and Bower](#installing-nodejs-npm-and-bower) if you still need to
couple of dependencies as NPM modules. Read the chapter [Installing
Node.js and NPM](#installing-nodejs-and-npm) if you still need to
install these.
In order to be able to build Paper.js, after checking out the repository, paper