| | 1 | = Maintaining nodejs = |
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| | 3 | This wiki page documents how we install and maintain nodejs. Currently, an outdated version [http://packages.debian.org/sid/nodejs is packaged in sid]. Once a more recent version makes it to backports or stable, we should switch to the Debian package. |
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| | 5 | Many applications are written as node packaged modules (npm) which all depend on node and on npm (which is a command line package manager for installing node packaged modules). |
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| | 7 | Therefore, on any given server, we should provide both node and npm to all users on the system. |
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| | 9 | However, we should never run npm as root (since it will pull in source code over potentially untrusted sources). |
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| | 11 | By providing one (hopefully update-to-date) version of npm and node, we allow non-privileged users to install their various applications using npm making them happy and keeping our root owned directories secure. |
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| | 13 | To install nodejs (which provides both node and npm): |
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| | 15 | Change into the /usr/local/share directory. |
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| | 17 | wget the [http://nodejs.org/download/ most recent binary release of node]. |
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| | 19 | Untar the package and remove the .tar.gz file, but leave the node directory (with version information in the directory name). |
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| | 21 | Create symlinks to both node and npm in /usr/local/bin |
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| | 23 | * To do: we need a mechanism to keep these files update to date |
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