Install Node on the Raspberry Pi in 5 minutes

Install Node on the Raspberry Pi in 5 minutes

Don’t follow the old instructions. These new ones work with current Raspian as of May 28th 2015. These instructions will get you node v0.10. I don’t recommend moving to v0.12 just yet as some parts are still in flux

Update the OS

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

Verify node isn't installed yet. It should print 'command not found'.

node —version

Set up the apt-get repo source

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo bash -

Install Node itself

sudo apt-get install nodejs

I then had to log out and log back in to get the path right.

node —version // should print version 0.10.38 or similar

npm —version should print 1.4.28 or similar

sudo node —version should work as well

That's it!