Homebrew is a package manager originally for the Mac, but it’s been ported to Linux as Linuxbrew, making installing most open-source software (like Node) as simple as writing: brew install node You can learn more about Homebrew at the Homebrew website and Linuxbrew at the Linuxbrew website.

For Fedora based Linux distributions run the following command in your terminal application: sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' & sudo yum install curl git m4 ruby texinfo bzip2-devel curl-devel expat-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel Then select Y to continue and wait for the packages to be installed.For Ubuntu or Debian-based Linux distributions, run the following command in your terminal: sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git m4 ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev Then select Y to continue and wait for the packages to be installed.You’ll need Ruby 1.8.6 or newer and GCC 4.2 or newer. You need to install a number of dependancies before you can install Node.js and NPM. You’ll also need the terminal to use Node.js and NPM. You should have some familiarity with the Linux terminal since you’ll need to use it to install and test Node and NPM.It allows you to download and install open source JavaScript libraries that help you make awesome applications. In order to create such applications, you’ll need NPM a package manager for Node. Node.js is non-blocking, which means it’s ideal for creating real-time web applications such as chat servers, analytics, collaboration tools, and interactive games. From its birthplace in the Netscape browser in the mid-nineties, it’s made its way into all modern web browsers, onto mobile phones, and into electronics to make full-fledged web applications on the server-side with Node.js.

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