Rework bootstrap steps to avoid temporary file (#754)

tj · Dec 29, 2022 · 0bb1768 · 0bb1768
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@@ -52,11 +52,10 @@ To avoid requiring `sudo` for `n` and `npm` global installs, it is suggested you
 
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-If `npm` is not yet available, one way to bootstrap an install:
+If `npm` is not yet available, one way to bootstrap an install is to download and run `n` directly. To install the `lts` version of Node.js:
 
-    curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/bin/n -o n
-    bash n lts
-    # Now node and npm are available
+    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/bin/n | bash -s lts
+    # If you want n installed, you can use npm now.
     npm install -g n
 
 Alternatively, you can clone this repo and