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Installing Node.js via package manager
Node.js is available in official repo for Debian Sid(unstable).
For Debian Squeeze:
root@host: ~ # echo deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid.list
root@host: ~ # apt-get update
root@host: ~ # apt-get install nodejs # Documentation is great.
You may want to read about Apt pinning to limit the impact of using Sid packages on a Squeeze systems. (Sid breaks toys)
Example install:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
It installs current stable Node on the current stable ubuntu.
If you want to compile Node C++ modules:
sudo apt-get install nodejs-dev
Or configure shell script for install node.js using http://apptob.org
Available RPM packages for: CentOS 5; Fedora 13; openSUSE 11.3; openSUSE 11.4 and Factory.
Example install on openSUSE 11.4:
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/SannisDev/openSUSE_11.4/ SannisDevBuildService
sudo zypper in nodejs nodejs-devel
Packages for Fedora 15 and 16 as well as RHEL, CentOS, and Scientific Linux are available from the Node.js for Fedora repository.
Example install on Fedora:
sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/fedora/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install nodejs
You can also install NPM just as easily:
sudo yum install npm
Node.js is available in the Community Repository.
pacman -S nodejs
Using a package
Simply download Macintosh Installer.
Using homebrew:
brew install node
Using macports:
port install nodejs
Note: Windows builds are not yet satisfactorily stable but it is possible to get something running.
Using chocolatey:
cinst nodejs