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Node & npm Installation Instructions

Node

Installation

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node/
git checkout v0.4.5 # or any other version you'd like
./configure --debug
make install

npm

Installation

which node  # should be /usr/local/bin/node
curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

# or, for 1.0rc, until it goes live at the end of this month
# curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | npm_install=rc sh

# give yourself access to /usr/local
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local
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