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Take ownership of our recommendation of npm, for #3376 #3377

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This is probably the most portable and most convenient way to install Solidity locally.
We recommend installing with npm, it is the most portable and convenient way to install Solidity.
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I think we have to be more careful as it is not the best tool right now.

Simplest one is to use Remix in a browser. Next, in terms of installation complexity, npm or any other distribution specific package is the same (brew, apt-get, snap, pacman).

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Here's an alternate proposal: #3381


A platform-independent JavaScript library is provided by compiling the C++ source
into JavaScript using Emscripten. It can be used in projects directly (such as Remix).
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