What is Node.js
- Node.js is an application server based off of Google's V8 Javascript Engine. Quite a few popular frameworks have popped up around Node.js such as AngularJS and Backbone.js.
How
Get Node.js
Make a directory for your website
mcarberry@bog:~$ mkdir ~/public_web/sitename mcarberry@bog:~$ mkdir ~/public_web/sitename/nodejs mcarberry@bog:~$ cd ~/public_web/sitename
Download Node.js
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/node-v0.10.26.tar.gz mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ tar -xf node-v0.10.26.tar.gz mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename$ cd node-v0.10.26/
Build Node.js
mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ ./configure mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ make mcarberry@bog:~/public_web/sitename/node-v0.10.26$ make install DESTDIR=~/public_web/sitename/nodejs
Cleanup Install Directory