Local node installer

node_upgrade.sh

#!/bin/bash

NODEVERSION=$1

mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-v$NODEVERSION-install
cd ~/node-v$NODEVERSION-install

curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODEVERSION/node-v$NODEVERSION.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local/node-v$NODEVERSION
make install

rm -f ~/local/node
ln -s ~/local/node-v$NODEVERSION ~/local/node

# Should only be done once                                                                                                                                                                                     
if [ `grep 'export PATH=*\$HOME\/local\/node\/bin*' ~/.bashrc >/dev/null 2>&1; echo $?` -eq "1" ]; then
    echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/node/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bashrc
    echo '';
    echo '';
    echo 'RUN THIS COMMAND TO UPDATE SEARCH PATH!!!'
    echo '';
    echo '. ~/.bashrc';
    echo '';
    echo '';
fi

Usage

wget https://raw.github.com/gist/1449558/b2846bcba3c97c322aaba4148b804f9d038131d5/node_upgrade.sh
chmod +x node_upgrade.sh
./node_upgrade.sh <version>