Easy Install node.js

Automated node.js installers for OS X and Ubuntu

node.js only (no dev tools)

# install node.js without development dependencies
curl -fsSL bit.ly/install-min-node | bash

# using wget instead of curl (Ubuntu)
wget -nv bit.ly/install-min-node -O - | bash

node.js + dev tools

Install node.js and basic development tools - git, node, gcc, pkg-config, etc

curl -L bit.ly/install-dev-node -o ./node-dev; bash ./node-dev

Screencast

How to Setup a VPS for node.js Development - (3:06 installing node.js)

Choosing a specific version

echo "Current node.js version is $(curl -fsSL https://nodejs.org/dist/index.tab | head -2 | tail -1 | cut -f 1)"

# To install a specific version rather than defaulting to latest
# latest version at time of writing are v4.4.1 and v5.9.1
echo "v5.9.1" > /tmp/NODE_VER

Notes

• OS X
• Ubuntu Linux
• Important Notes

Apple OS X

First you need to Install XCode Command Line Tools

xcode-select --install

Then you need to Accept the XCode License by running any command installed by Xcode with sudo. We'll use git.

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

curl -fsSL bit.ly/install-dev-node -o /tmp/node-dev.sh; bash /tmp/node-dev.sh

TODO: Make it easier to accepting the license (automatic?)

Ubuntu Linux

wget -nv bit.ly/install-dev-node -O /tmp/node-dev.sh; bash /tmp/node-dev.sh

Other things you should know

This is what gets installed:

• 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.