Install node&npm with nave on Ubuntu 13.04 (with subshell)

install-node-with-nave-Ubuntu-subshell

# isaacs's nave:

# this way is really handy if you want to test things
# in different versions of node and use stable release
# versions of things.
 
# make a folder where you want to keep this stuff.
 
mkdir ~/.nave
cd ~/.nave
wget http://github.com/isaacs/nave/raw/master/nave.sh
sudo ln -s $PWD/nave.sh /usr/local/bin/nave
 
# to use a version of node in a virtual environment
nave use 0.4.8
 
# to install npm in that virtualenv
curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
 
# do stuff...
npm install whatever etc
 
# return to non-nave-land
exit
 
# use a different version of node..
nave use 0.4.6
# etc...