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[Docs] Suggest installing npm 2 instead of npm 3 for perf reasons
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npm 3 is really slow compared to npm 2, to the extent that people are reporting bugs.
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- [CocoaPods](http://cocoapods.org/)`gem install cocoapods`
- [Node.js](http://nodejs.org)
- Install **nvm** with [its setup instructions here](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#installation). Then run `nvm install node && nvm alias default node`, which installs the latest version of Node.js and sets up your terminal so you can run it by typing `node`. With nvm you can install multiple versions of Node.js and easily switch between them.
- If you are using Node 5.0 or newer, we recommend installing npm 2, which is much faster than npm 3. After installing Node, run `npm install -g npm@2`
- Install your copy of React Native under your `node_modules` directory where your JS resides.

## Install React Native Using CocoaPods
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2. [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/) is the recommended way to install Watchman and Flow.
3. Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) 4.0 or newer.
- Install **nvm** with [its setup instructions here](https://github.com/creationix/nvm#installation). Then run `nvm install node && nvm alias default node`, which installs the latest version of Node.js and sets up your terminal so you can run it by typing `node`. With nvm you can install multiple versions of Node.js and easily switch between them.
- If you are using Node 5.0 or newer, we recommend installing npm 2, which is much faster than npm 3. After installing Node, run `npm install -g npm@2`.
- New to [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/)?
4. `brew install watchman`. We recommend installing [watchman](https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html), otherwise you might hit a node file watching bug.
5. `brew install flow`, if you want to use [flow](http://www.flowtype.org).
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