Install Node.js on Ubuntu

Question

I\'m trying install Node.js on Ubuntu 12.10, but the terminal shows me an error about lost packages. I tried with this:

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Answer 1

You can use nvm to install nodejs. It allows you work with different versions without conflicts.

Answer 2

Follow the instructions given here at NodeSource which is dedicated to creating a sustainable ecosystem for Node.js

For Node.js >= 4.X

# Using Ubuntu
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# Using Debian, as root
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs

Answer 3

My apt-get was old and busted, so I had to install from source. Here is what worked for me:

# get the latest version from nodejs.org. At the time of this writing, it was 0.10.24
curl -o ~/node.tar.gz http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.24/node-v0.10.24.tar.gz
cd
tar -zxvf node.tar.gz
cd node-v0.6.18
./configure && make && sudo make install

These steps were mostly taken from joyent's installation wiki

Answer 4

For latest nodejs

sudo apt-get install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt-get install nodejs
node -v 
npm -v 

Answer 5

Here full description to create first program using express generator

Ubuntu's package manager

To install Node and npm via apt-get, run these commands:

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install nodejs  
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node  
sudo apt-get install npm  

Express application generator

$ npm install express-generator -g

Display the command options with the -h option:

$ express -h

  Usage: express [options] [dir]

  Options:

    -h, --help          output usage information
    -V, --version       output the version number
    -e, --ejs           add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
        --hbs           add handlebars engine support
    -H, --hogan         add hogan.js engine support
    -c, --css <engine>  add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass|sass) (defaults to plain css)
        --git           add .gitignore
    -f, --force         force on non-empty directory

For example, the following creates an Express app named myapp in the current working directory:

$ express myapp

   create : myapp
   create : myapp/package.json
   create : myapp/app.js
   create : myapp/public
   create : myapp/public/javascripts
   create : myapp/public/images
   create : myapp/routes
   create : myapp/routes/index.js
   create : myapp/routes/users.js
   create : myapp/public/stylesheets
   create : myapp/public/stylesheets/style.css
   create : myapp/views
   create : myapp/views/index.jade
   create : myapp/views/layout.jade
   create : myapp/views/error.jade
   create : myapp/bin
   create : myapp/bin/www

Then install dependencies:

$ cd myapp
$ npm install

run the app with this command:

$ DEBUG=myapp:* npm start

Then load http://localhost:3000/ in your browser to access the app.

The generated app has the following directory structure:

├── app.js
├── bin
│   └── www
├── package.json
├── public
│   ├── images
│   ├── javascripts
│   └── stylesheets
│       └── style.css
├── routes
│   ├── index.js
│   └── users.js
└── views
    ├── error.jade
    ├── index.jade
    └── layout.jade

7 directories, 9 files

Answer 6

sudo apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils
sudo apt-get install git-core
git clone git://github.com/ry/node.git
cd node
./configure
make
sudo make install

http://jstricks.com/install-node-js/