osm-meta-api install

oms-meta-api_install

cd /
sudo wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.12.2/node-v0.12.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local --strip-components 1 -xzf node-v0.12.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
node -v
npm -v

sudo npm install pm2 -g

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
git --version
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
java -version

sudo apt-get install build-essential

wget -qO - https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/1.5/debian stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch

sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10

sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start

export ES_SERVER="http://localhost:9200"

sudo git clone https://github.com/osmlab/osm-meta-api.git
cd osm-meta-api
npm install
node bootstrap.js
pm2 start app.js

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install screen

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-screen-on-an-ubuntu-cloud-server

yeah, you shouldn't have to sudo npm install. I think you need to chown and chmod the folder