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Installing Node from source
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  • goto the node website
  • click download
  • click the source download
  • go to the directory you downloaded the source to
tar -xzvf <the node tar.gz you downloaded>
cd <node directory>
./configure --prefix=~/.node
make && make install
  • add the following to your .bashrc or .profile
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.node/bin
export NODE_PATH=$HOME/.node/lib/node_modules
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ivanoats commented Aug 6, 2014

Thanks to @toastynerd for typing up the first draft of this

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