How to install Node.js?

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I am completely new for node.js. By reading tutorials I downloaded "node-v0.10.26".

But I don't know how to install it on ubuntu12.04?

Kind regards.

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Perhaps look for a node.js mailing list???

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Anyway, you can find the instructions here:

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#ubuntu-mint-elementary-os

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I've gotten bitten by the name, too. Look for a package called nodejs, not node.

Walter

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nodejs :slight_smile:

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I would make sure you add chris-lea/node.js to your repository as Orlando has in his response. The node.js they have in the standard repository is usually old (the same issue as rails). You will also need a few other things installed such as python. The link gnowoel provides above has it pretty well documented.

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cd into the directory where you downloaded node then untar it.

Now run './configure' (without the quotes), then 'make', then 'sudo make install' which will install it into /usr/local.

You'll need to install 'build-essential' before you compile it:

'sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential'

Cheers,

  Phil...

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Phil Dobbin wrote in post #1140440: