Packaging NPM

• Ensure that node.js is installed and operable.
  • Download the latest .tar.gz tarball of the node.js source code.
  • cd /tmp
  • tar xvfz /path/to/node-vx.y.z.tar.gz
  • cd node-vx.y.z
  • ./configure -p --prefix=/usr
  • make
  • make install DESTDIR=/tmp/nodejs-vx.y.z
• Download npm: wget http://npmjs.org/install.sh
• mv install.sh npm-install.sh
• sh ./npm-install.sh (as root)
• Everything goes in /usr/lib/mode_modules/npm
• /usr/bin/npm* symlinked to /usr/lib/mode_modules/npm/bin/npm.js