From 1d1db66abd3f63ffa9f72e3e9ee5449d14c99630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Ogden <max@maxogden.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:56:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add npm installation instructions to README

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f413aea561d..cbc7b40eca5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ editor](https://github.com/atom/atom).
 Prebuilt binaries of atom-shell for Linux, Windows and Mac can be found on the
 [releases](https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/releases) page.
 
+You can also use [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/) to install prebuilt atom-shell binaries:
+
+```
+# install globally in your PATH
+npm install atom-shell -g
+
+# install as a development dependency
+npm install atom-shell --save-dev
+```
+
 ### Mirrors
 
 - [China Mirror](https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/atom-shell): Improve download speeds for Chinese user.