Example Ansible playbook for installing node.js from source

nodejs.yml

- hosts: all
  vars:
    node_version: "0.10.28"
  tasks:
  - name: Check for node.js
    shell: test "$(node -v 2> /dev/null)" = v{{node_version}}
    register: nodejs_installed
    ignore_errors: True
    tags:
      - nodejs

  - name: Create temp dir for compiling node.js
    shell: mktemp -d node.XXXXXXX
    register: node_tmp_dir
    when: nodejs_installed|failed
    tags:
      - nodejs

  - name: Download node.js source
    shell: curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v{{node_version}}/node-v{{node_version}}.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1 chdir={{ node_tmp_dir.stdout }}
    when: nodejs_installed|failed
    tags:
      - nodejs

  - name: Configure, build and install node.js
    shell: ./configure && make && make install chdir={{ node_tmp_dir.stdout }}
    when: nodejs_installed|failed
    tags:
      - nodejs

  - name: Cleanup node.js source
    shell: rm -rf {{ node_tmp_dir.stdout }}
    when: nodejs_installed|failed
    tags:
      - nodejs