Quick setup for Node.js && npm on AWS micro instance

AWS-node-setup

// env setup
sudo su
yum update
yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum install openssl-devel
yum install git

// node install
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git 
cd node
checkout v0.12.0 		// check http://nodejs.org for latest version
./configure && make && make install

cd ..

// add node to sudo path
vim /etc/sudoers

<find this line:>
Defaults    secure_path = /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
<INSERT @ EOL>
:/usr/local/bin
<Now exit vim using :wq! >

 exit  ## we don’t want to sudo download npm or install npm packages

// npm install
git clone https://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install