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sudo apt-get update && apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
 
# 'git tag' shows all available versions: select the latest stable.
git checkout enter-a-version
 
# Configure seems not to find libssl by default so we give it an explicit pointer.
# Optionally: you can isolate node by adding --prefix=/opt/node