Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Node.js is an open-source development platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript run-time, for creating network applications. It uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. Also worth mentioning, the npm (NoteJS package manager) is integrated in the nodejs package.
The latest version available is Node.js 0.10.32, which comes with a bunch of fixes for the already known issues.
In this article I will show you how to install Node.js 0.10.32 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Deepin 2014, Peppermint Five, Linux Lite 2.0, LXLE 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.
Because it is available via PPA, installing Node.JS 0.10.32 on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and derivative systems is easy. All you have to do is add the ppa to your system, update the local repository index and install the nodejs package. Like this:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
Optional, to remove nodejs, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove nodejs