Download the source of Node.js for Linux. Make sure you have the Ubuntu package 'build-essential' already installed before building Node.js.
You can check if Ubuntu package 'build-essential' is already installed by issuing the following command on the terminal:
suleman@devbox:~$apt-cache policy build-essential
build-essential:
Installed: 11.5ubuntu2.1
Candidate: 11.5ubuntu2.1
Version table:
*** 11.5ubuntu2.1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
The above Installed line indicates, which version of 'build-essential' is installed, if it was not installed then you would have seen something like the following:
build-essential:
Installed: Installed: (none)
Candidate: 11.5ubuntu2.1
Version table:
*** 11.5ubuntu2.1 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64
If you don't have package 'build-essential' installed then please install it:
suleman@devbox:~$sudo apt-get install build-essential
Issue the following commands in the terminal to build Node.js for local use as opposed to system wide use:
suleman@devbox:~$tar xzf node-v0.10.26.tar.gz
suleman@devbox:~$cd node-v0.10.26
suleman@devbox:~/node-v0.10.26$./configure
suleman@devbox:~/node-v0.10.26$make
suleman@devbox:~/node-v0.10.26$mkdir ~/local
suleman@devbox:~/node-v0.10.26$./configure --prefix=~/local
suleman@devbox:~/node-v0.10.26$make && make install
Then I would add the following in your ~/.bashrc:
export PATH=~/local/bin:$PATH
Either open new terminal or source ~/.bashrc in current terminal and check you have node installed successful:
suleman@devbox:~$node -v
v0.10.26
I installed Node.js for tutorial I was doing on AngularJS, once I have finished this tutorial I am hoping to have look in anger at Node.js for server side programming.
The book Node: Up and Running looks good for Node.js server side programming.
