Installing Node.js On Ubuntu Screencast Tutorial

drdaeman · on Sept 27, 2010

> 6. Install it: sudo make install

Guys, this is Ubuntu, not Slackware. Please, if you don't know about dh_make/debuild or too lazy to use them, at least use checkinstall.

simonw · on Sept 27, 2010

I don't know about those things. Got a link to some good documentation on them?

joevandyk · on Sept 27, 2010

sudo apt-get install -y checkinstall

Then in root of project:

./configure && make && sudo checkinstall

jerome_etienne · on Sept 27, 2010

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jerome-etienne/neoip && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nodejs

will install it too. i maintain a ppa for current ubuntu of nodejs to ease installation. http://blog.jetienne.com/2010/08/how-to-install-nodejs-on-ub...

sgentle · on Sept 27, 2010

I have done this and it worked excellently. I notice there are lots of references to your ppa around but few thank-you notes, so thank you!

jtemplestein · on Sept 27, 2010

The more difficult question is how to install node as an unprivileged user? Here's how

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.2.2.tar.gz && tar xzf node-v0.2.2.tar.gz && cd node-v0.2.2 && export PREFIX=~/opt && ./configure && make && make install && echo 'export PATH=~/opt/bin:${PATH}' >> ~/.bashrc;

Otherwise any npm package will be able to rm -r you.

ashish01 · on Sept 27, 2010

I totally agree. npm will keep screaming if you run it as root and for a good reason. Don't run third party modules as root. This article describes the process in more detail

http://increaseyourgeek.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/install-nod...