Install

Links

http://nodejs.org/

Install

Using a repository

Note

Ember requires node version 4.

From https://github.com/nodesource/distributions:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install nodejs

Update npm:

sudo npm install -g npm

or:

Note

The following command installs nodejs which is the same as the old node command. If you need to use the node command, then install nodejs-legacy as well.

Note

The version of node installed by Ubuntu 16.10 is not supported by Ember.

From Installing Node.js via package manager:

sudo apt install nodejs npm

Using Node Version Manager

From Node Version Manager and How To Install Node.js on Ubuntu

Prerequisites:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

Install node version manager:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.10.0/install.sh | bash
source ~/.profile

Install node:

nvm install 0.10.29
nvm install 4.3.1

To use this version of node in another shell:

nvm use 0.10.29

Sample

Here is the sample code from the node home page: example-web-server.js:

$ node ~/repo/sample/javascript/node/example-web-server.js
Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

…browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000/