# Easy Install node.js | Sponsored by [ppl](https://ppl.family) | Automated node.js installers for OS X and Ubuntu **node.js only** (no dev tools) ```bash # install node.js without development dependencies curl -fsSL https://bit.ly/node-installer | bash -s -- --no-dev-deps # using wget instead of curl (Ubuntu) wget -nv https://bit.ly/node-installer -O - | bash -s -- --no-dev-deps ``` **node.js + dev tools** Install node.js and basic development tools - git, node, gcc, pkg-config, etc ```bash curl -fsSL https://bit.ly/node-installer -o ./node-installer.sh; bash ./node-installer.sh --dev-deps # or wget wget -nv https://bit.ly/node-installer -O - ./node-installer.sh; bash ./node-installer.sh --dev-deps ``` *Note*: [bit.ly/node-installer](https://bit.ly/node-installer) simple redirects to ## Screencast [How to Setup a VPS for node.js Development](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjzi1axH2A) - [(3:06 installing node.js](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjzi1axH2A#t=186)) ## Options ### Choosing a specific version **Latest** ```bash export NODEJS_VER="" ``` **Exact** ```bash export NODEJS_VER="v10.2.1" ``` **Latest of vX.Y.Z** ```bash export NODEJS_VER="v8.1" ``` **Latest of vX.YY.Z** ```bash # latest of v8.11.x export NODEJS_VER="v8.11" ``` **Latest of vX.Y** ```bash export NODEJS_VER="v10" ``` Fun FYI, here's how the latest version is determined: ```bash NODEJS_VER=$(curl -fsSL https://nodejs.org/dist/index.tab | tail -n +2 | cut -f 1 | head -1 ) echo "The current node.js version is $NODEJS_VER" ``` ```bash BASE_VER="v10\\." NODEJS_VER=$(curl -fsSL https://nodejs.org/dist/index.tab | tail -n +2 | cut -f 1 | grep $BASE_VER | head -1 ) echo "Latest node.js $BASE_VER is $NODEJS_VER" ``` ### Choosing an install location Just set BOTH `NODE_PATH` and `NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX`. The install path will be the preceding `lib/node_modules` (which you usually want to be the same as `NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX` anyway). ```bash export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/tmp/user/local export NODE_PATH=/tmp/user/local/lib/node_modules ``` ```bash curl -fsSL https://bit.ly/node-installer -o ./node-installer.sh; bash ./node-installer.sh --dev-deps ``` If you want to add the install location to your `PATH`: ```bash PATH=$PATH:/tmp/user/local/bin ``` ## Notes * [OS X](#apple-os-x) * [Ubuntu Linux](#ubuntu-linux) * [Important Notes](#other-things-you-should-know) ### Apple OS X First you need to **Install XCode Command Line Tools** ```bash xcode-select --install ``` Then you need to **Accept the XCode License** by running any command installed by Xcode with sudo. We'll use git. ```bash sudo git --version ``` You can scroll to the bottom by hitting shift+G (capital G). Type `agree` and hit enter to accept the license. Now you can install node.js ```bash curl -fsSL https://bit.ly/node-installer -o /tmp/node-installer.sh; bash /tmp/node-installer.sh --dev-deps ``` *TODO*: Make it easier to accepting the license (automatic?) ### Ubuntu Linux ```bash wget -nv https://bit.ly/node-installer -O /tmp/node-installer.sh; bash /tmp/node-installer.sh --dev-deps ``` ### Other things you should know This is what gets installed with the dev dependencies: * rsync * curl * wget * git * xcode / brew / build-essential / pkg-config / gcc * node (including npm) * jshint **NOTE**: If you're running a node.js server on an edge server, I'd highly recommend that you also install `fail2ban` to secure ssh - especially if you haven't switched your server to use key-only authentication.