#How to install Node.js on Linux
##Install Node.js on Debian
On Debian, you can install Node.js from its source as follows.
sudo apt-get install python g++ make
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
tar xvfvz node-latest.tar.gz
cd node-v0.10.21 (replace a version with your own)
./configure
make
sudo make install
##Install Node.js on Ubuntu or Linux Mint
Node.js is included in Ubuntu (13.04 and higher). Thus installation is straightforward. The following will install Node.js and npm.
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
While stock Ubuntu ships Node.js, you can install a more recent version from its PPA as follows.
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install npm
##Install Node.js on Fedora
Node.js is included in the base repository of Fedora. Therefore you can use yum to install Node.js on Fedora.
sudo yum install npm If you want to install the latest version of Node.js, you can build it from its source as follows.
sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
tar xvfvz node-latest.tar.gz
cd node-v0.10.21 (replace a version with your own)
./configure
make
sudo make install
##Install Node.js on CentOS or RHEL
To install Node.js with yum package manager on CentOS, first enable EPEL repository,
###Enable EPEL repository
For CentOS 5.*:
$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm For CentOS 6.*:
$ sudo rpm -Uvh http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
To verify that EPEL yum repository has been set up successfully, run the following command to list all available repositories on your system.
$ yum repolist
repo id repo name status
base CentOS-6 - Base 6,367
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - x86_64 10,740
extras CentOS-6 - Extras 14
updates CentOS-6 - Updates 851
repolist: 17,972
and then run:
sudo yum install npm
If you want to build the latest Node.js on CentOS, follow the same procedure as in Fedora.
##Check the Version of Node.js
Once you have installed Node.js, you can check Node.js version as follows.
node --version
