node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh

# See <https://gist.github.com/isaacs/579814>

# 1
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh


# 2
# this way is best if you want to stay up to date
# or submit patches to node or npm
 
mkdir ~/local
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
 
# could also fork, and then clone your own fork instead of the official one
 
git clone git://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install
cd ..
 
git clone git://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
make install # or `make link` for bleeding edge