diff --git a/srcpkgs/n/files/README.voidlinux b/srcpkgs/n/files/README.voidlinux
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+++ b/srcpkgs/n/files/README.voidlinux
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+It is strongly recommended to set the environment variable N_PREFIX to install to a user-writable area. For example:
+
+export N_PREFIX=$HOME/local/n
diff --git a/srcpkgs/n/template b/srcpkgs/n/template
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+# Template file for 'n'
+pkgname=n
+version=9.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+depends="curl"
+short_desc="Simple command line NodeJS version management"
+maintainer="anelki <akierig@fastmail.de>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/tj/n"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/CHANGELOG.md"
+distfiles="https://github.com/tj/n/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=48306496413c61d37eeaa0a7328a4520b1da0c42739e046f6f9242de0d0ae270
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin bin/n n
+	vdoc ${FILESDIR}/README.voidlinux
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}