#How to install Node.js on Linux
##Install Node.js on Debian
On Debian, you can install Node.js from its source as follows.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.*:
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$ 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.
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$ 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:
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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.
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node --version
