Installing Node on Ubuntu

clean_install_node.sh

#! /bin/bash

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# This script assumes you're kicking things off from a clean install of Ubuntu #
# You're welcome to skip parts which you've already installed!                 #
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# Required - install curl
sudo apt-get install curl

# Optional - install libssl for ssl support
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

# Get Node and build
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

# Add '--without-ssl' if not compiling with ssl support to avoid errors
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install

# Optional - install NPM (it'll make your life with node much easier!)
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

# Optional - install Express (a great module to ease server creation)
npm install express

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# That's it, go Node!                                                          #
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express_server_sample.js

/*
 * With Node installed here's the classic Express server
 */

var app = require('express').createServer();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
    res.send('Hello World');
});

app.listen(3000);

// run this with
// node express_server_sample.js
// visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser