Follow these instructions to install node on a linux machine; no root privileges required.
We will install nvm (Node Version Manager) to allow us to install several versions of node onto the same machine:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.1/install.sh | bash
This currently produces output as the following:
Resolving deltas: 100% (4737/4737), done.
* (HEAD detached at v0.33.1)
master
=> Compressing and cleaning up git repository
Counting objects: 7495, done.
Delta compression using up to 16 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (7440/7440), done.
Writing objects: 100% (7495/7495), done.
Total 7495 (delta 5009), reused 2259 (delta 0)
=> Appending nvm source string to /homes/sms67/.bashrc
=> bash_completion source string already in /homes/sms67/.bashrc
=> Close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm or run the following to use it now:
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
Now add the following to your ~/.bashrc file (last two lines of the output above):
echo "export NVM_DIR=\"\$HOME/.nvm\"" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "[ -s \"\$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh\" ] && \. \"\$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh\" # This loads nvm" >> ~/.bashrc
Then source your .bashrc
myhost: source ~/.bashrc
The help page for nvm can now be found by:
myhost: nvm --version
The command above hopefully returned soem output (how to page). If so great we can now install a version of node:
myhost: nvm install node
Then to use our installed version:
myhost: nvm use node
Check your installed versions of node and npm using:
myhost: node -v
myhost: npm --version
You should now be able to create your first node application, or write some
protractor tests!
