HOWTO : Install Node.js 0.12.7 on Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS x86_64

Install node.js binaries :



wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.7/node-v0.12.7-linux-x64.tar.gz



cd /usr/local && sudo tar --strip-components 1 -xzf ~/node-v0.12.7-linux-x64.tar.gz



node --version

npm --version



Install express :



sudo npm install -g express



Install express executable :



sudo npm install -g express-generator



Create a project namely blog, for example :



express blog



cd blog



sudo npm install



To run the blog project :



npm start



Start the browser at http://localhost:3000 and you will see a sample site.



Now, you can edit the files in the blog directory to made you site.



Remark :



If you are compiling Node.js from source, you need the following packages :



sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev apache2-utils



That's all! See you.