Node JS on Centos NPM (Node Package Management)
How to install Node JS on Centos You must have OpenSSL installed, curl installed and root access. yum install gcc gcc-c++ yum install autoconf automake make yum install curl yum install openssl-devel Use `su` for root or login as root. How to install Node JS Download NoteJS's packages wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.20/node-v0.8.20.tar.gz Extract it with the following command: tar zxvf node-v0.8.20.tar.gz Finish installing it cd node-v0.8.20 ./configure make make install Finally test if it works node --version Congratulations, NodeJS is installed. You may now install npm and packages such as socket.io.