Project Wild Penguin - Installing Node.js on Xubuntu 15.04
In this post, I have going to share the simplest way to install Node.js on your Linux system, specifically, Ubuntu and its other flavors. The server side component of the MEAN stack - node.js can be installed on your Linux server by following the below steps: 1. Go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/ and download the Linux binaries based on your system architecture (32 or 64 bit). I've downloaded the 64 bit version. 2. Open the terminal and type in the following command: sudo tar -C /usr/local --strip-components 1 -xzvf node-v5.5.0-linux-x64.tar.gz 3. Both node and npm should now be installed in "/usr/local/bin" and check this by typing: ls -l /usr/local/bin/node ls -l /usr/local/bin/npm Alternatively, you can check the version of node installed by typing: node -v Thanks to the Coding Samaritans out there. My online nightmare is what ...