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Install Node.js on Ubuntu 14.04 (DigitalOcean)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git -y
cd ~
wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.3.2/node-v4.3.2-linux-x64.tar.xz
mkdir node
tar xvf node-v4.3.2-linux-x64.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C ./node
cd ~
rm -rf node-v*
mkdir node/etc
echo 'prefix=/usr/local' > node/etc/npmrc
sudo mv node /opt/
sudo chown -R root: /opt/node
sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm
node -v
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