docs: remove reference to Node.js download less common os

[MikeMcC399]

Situation

External URL: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm#less-common-operating-systems
Source URL: https://github.com/npm/documentation/blob/main/content/getting-started/configuring-your-local-environment/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm.mdx#less-common-operating-systems

• The target URL https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ redirects to https://nodejs.org/en/download
• The original content, last seen on Mar 18, 2024, viewable on https://web.archive.org/web/20240318015303/https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ previously contained a list that included operating systems which could be considered as "less common"

The following screenshot shows content that Node.js has already deleted:

• There is no longer a section on https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ corresponding to "Less-common operating systems" and the redirected url https://nodejs.org/en/download currently limits itself to:
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • AIX

This is a screenshot of the current contents of https://nodejs.org/en/download:

Change

In docs/lib/content/configuring-npm/install.md:

• remove the section "Less-common operating systems" since there is no longer any corresponding target information available

References

• related to Outdated "Downloading and installing Node.js and npm" documentation#1459

[wraithgar]

Honestly everything from macOS or Windows Node installers and below is a duplicate of what comes before. Using a Node installer to install Node.js and npm suggests the two most common ways to install with an installer and the os-specific sections don't really have any new information.

[MikeMcC399]

Hi @wraithgar

I really struggle with updating https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm#less-common-operating-systems and probably most of the other instructions could be radically revised.

I've had the issue npm/documentation#1459 open for quite some months and I was rather hoping that somebody with some history of how this content got put together might pick up the issue and revise the content.

This PR just knocks off the bit at the bottom of the page which is now totally incorrect.

If you want me to submit a new PR which simplifies the information that you mention and defers more to what https://nodejs.org/en/download is suggesting, I can do that. Let me know!

[wraithgar]

Every little bit helps. If another PR cleaned this page up more it would most likely land.

[MikeMcC399]

@wraithgar

Every little bit helps. If another PR cleaned this page up more it would most likely land.

Thanks for merging this PR! I'll leave the other changes on my to-do list.