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Building Node from source on Ubuntu
//Make a directory to hold the node
mkdir node-install-dir
cd node-install-dir
//Curl and unzip latest node
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
//Install gcc and g++
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install make gcc g++ apache2
//Build Node (takes awhile)
sudo ./configure --prefix=/opt/node && sudo make && sudo make install
//Add node path to your sudoer and local bash ":/opt/node/bin"
sudo vim /etc/environment
sudo vim /etc/sudoers
//Install npm
sudo curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh |sudo sh
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