Node.js Getting Started Tutorial: Graphic Tutorial on Installing and Configuring Node.js on Windows and Linux_node.js

In this chapter we will introduce to you how to install Node.js on window and Linux.

This installation tutorial takes Node.js v0.10.26 version as an example.

Node.js installation package and source code download address is: http://www.nodejs.org/download/.

Choose the Node.js installation package you need according to different platform systems.

Note: Installing Node.js on Linux requires Python 2.6 or 2.7. It is not recommended to install Python 3.0 or above.

Install Node.js on Windowv

Windows installation package (.msi) :

32-bit installation package download address: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/node-v0.10.26-x86.msi

64-bit installation package download address: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/x64/node-v0.10.26-x64.msi

Installation steps:

Step 1: Double-click the downloaded installation package node-v0.10.26-x86.msi, as shown below:

Step 2: Click Run above, the following interface will appear:

Step 3: Check the Accept Agreement option and click the next button:

Step 4: The default installation directory of Node.js is "C:Program Filesnodejs", you can modify the directory and click next:

Step 5: Click the tree icon to select the installation mode you need, then click next

Step 6: Click Install to start installing Node.js. You can also click Back to modify the previous configuration. Then click next:

Installation process:

Click the Finish button to exit the installation wizard.

Check whether the PATH environment variable is configured with Node.js, click Start => Run => Enter "cmd" => Enter the command "path", and the following results will be output:

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PATH=C:oraclexeapporacleproduct10.2.0serverbin;C:Windowssystem32;C: Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;c:python32python;C:MinGWbin;C:Program FilesGTK2-Runtimelib;C:Program FilesMySQLMySQL Server 5.5bin;C:Program Filesnodejs;C:UsersrgAppDataRoamingnpm

We can see that C:Program Filesnodejs is already included in the environment variables

Check Node.js version

Windows Binary (.exe) Installation :

32-bit installation package download address: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/node.exe

64-bit installation package download address: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.26/x64/node.exe

Installation steps

Step 1: Double-click the downloaded installation package Node.exe, the following interface will appear:

Click the Run button and a command line window will appear:

Version Test

Enter the directory where node.exe is located, as shown below:

If you get the above output, it means you have successfully installed Node.js.

Install Node.js on Linux Ubuntu installation

In the following section we will introduce installing Node.js under Ubuntu Linux. For other Linux systems, such as Centos, the installation steps are similar to the following.

Get the Node.js source code on Github:

After completing the download, change the source package name to 'node'.

Modify directory permissions:

Use './configure' to create build files.

Compile: make.

Complete installation: make install.

Finally we enter the 'node --version' command to check whether Node.js is installed successfully.

Installing nodejs under centOS

1. Download the source code. You need to download the latest Nodejs version at http://nodejs.org/. This article takes v0.10.24 as an example:

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cd /usr/local/src/wget http://nodejs. org/dist/v0.10.24/node-v0.10.24.tar.gz

2. Unzip the source code

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tar zxvf node-v0.10.24.tar.gz

3. Compile and install

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cd node-v0.10.24./configure --prefix=/usr /local/node/0.10.24makemake install

4. Configure NODE_HOME and enter profile to edit environment variables

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vim /etc/profile

Set the nodejs environment variable and add the following content above the export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE HISTCONTROL line:

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#set for nodejsexport NODE_HOME=/usr/local/node/0.10.24export PATH=$NODE_HOME/bin:$PATH

: Save and exit wq, compile /etc/profile to make the configuration take effect

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source /etc/profile

Verify whether the installation and configuration are successful

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node -v

Output v0.10.24 indicates successful configuration

npm module installation path

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/usr/local/node/0.10.24/lib/node_modules/

Note: Nodejs official website provides compiled Linux binary packages, you can also download them and apply them directly.