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Quick n dirty node installer for ubuntu
node_installed = `which node`
if node_installed.empty?
home_dir = "/home/someuserhere/"
node_dir = "#{home_dir}Downloads/"
node_download = "#{node_dir}joyent-node-v0.8.1-0-g2134aa3.zip"
node_extracted_dir = "#{node_dir}joyent-node/"
execute "rm -rf #{node_download}"
execute "rm -rf #{node_extracted_dir}"
execute "wget 'https://github.com/joyent/node/zipball/v0.8.1' -O #{node_download}"
execute "unzip #{node_download} -d #{node_extracted_dir}"
execute "cd #{node_extracted_dir}joyent-node-fd97767/ && ./configure && make && make install"
end
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