gistfile1.sh

# required libraries
sudo apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils

# install git if needed
sudo apt-get install git-core

# checkout the latest node file
git clone http://github.com/ry/node.git

# configure the installation to ~/opt folder
cd node
mkdir ~/opt
export PREFIX=~/opt; ./configure
make
make install

# add to the environment PATH variable
echo 'export PATH=~/opt/bin:${PATH}' >> ~/.bashrc