How to install node.js (latest version)
apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils git-core -y cd /etc git clone git://github.com/joyent/node cd /etc/node ./configure make sudo make install |
How to install node.js (stable version)
apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils git-core -y cd /tmp wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.11/node-v0.6.11.tar.gz tar xvf node-v0.6.11.tar.gz mv /tmp/node-v0.6.11 /etc cd /etc/node-v0.6.11 ./configure make sudo make install rm /tmp/node-v0.6.11.tar.gz |
You can check the installed version with node --version.
node.js package manager
If you want to use a package manager for node.js (like npm), then you can get it with:
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh |
To use the package manager, just go into your node.js webproject and execute something like:
npm install websocket.io |
This command will load the desired dependencies (like websocket.io) into a directory called „node_modules“ within your project’s folder.
Uninstalling node.js
To uninstall node.js, just go to the folder where you installed node.js (e.g. /tmp/node-v0.6.11) and use the following command:
make uninstall |