Installing NODEJS in HOME Directory with STOW

nodejs-install.sh

#!/bin/sh
#Installing NODEJS in HOME Directory with STOW

export NODEJS_VERSION=0.4.11

mkdir -p ~/local/lib/node_modules
cd ~/local/src

curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v${NODEJS_VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xzf -
cd ~/local/src/node-v${NODEJS_VERSION}

./configure --prefix=~/local/stow/node-${NODEJS_VERSION}
make
make install

# Careful, check if stow is installed
cd ~/local/stow
stow node-${NODEJS_VERSION}

echo "export NODE_PATH=\$HOME/local:\$HOME/local/lib/node_modules" >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

cd ~
node -v

# END