Installing Node.js and NPM on Ubuntu/Debian

This is the simple way to install Node.js and npm which is needed for the installation of coco2d javascript

Step 1 – Update your system

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Step 2 – Install Node.js

First, clone the Node.js repository:

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node

Now, if you require a specific version of Node:

git tag # Gives you a list of released versions
git checkout v0.4.12

Then compile and install Node like this:

./configure
make
sudo make install

Then, check if node was installed correctly:

node -v

Step 3 – Install NPM

Simply run the NPM install script:

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

And then check it works:

npm -v

 Happy Hacking

• Debian
• Debian Squeeze
• Node.js
• npm
• Ubuntu