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Expand Up @@ -158,6 +158,20 @@ example installation command to your repository:
$ deno install -n awesome_cli https://example.com/awesome/cli.ts
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### deno install --global --compile [PACKAGE_OR_URL]

Use this command to compile a package or script into a standalone,
self-contained binary. The resulting executable can be distributed and run
without requiring Deno to be installed on the target system.

```shell
$ deno install --global --compile -A npm:@anthropic-ai/claude-code
```

This combines the behavior of [`deno compile`](/runtime/reference/cli/compile/)
with global installation — producing a native binary placed in the installation
root (same as `--global` without `--compile`).

## Native Node.js addons

A lot of popular packages npm packages like
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