#!/bin/sh #version details VERSION=0.8.8 PLATFORM=linux ARCH=x86 PREFIX="$HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH" #download binaries mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \ curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz \ | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C "$PREFIX" #create symlinks sudo ln -s $HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node sudo ln -s $HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm