install node.js on debian

Question

How to install node.js on Debian Wheezy

Have followed instructions but it doesn't work

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation

# wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.24/node-v0.10.24-linux-x64.tar.gz
# tar -zxf node-v0.10.24-linux-x64.tar.gz && cd node-v0.10.24-linux-x64
# ./configure && make && make install

The first two lines turn out well, but when running the third line this error is returned

-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

node.js dir

root@dyntest-amd-6000-8gb ~/node-v0.10.24-linux-x64 # ls
bin  ChangeLog  include  lib  LICENSE  README.md  share
root@dyntest-amd-6000-8gb ~/node-v0.10.24-linux-x64 #

Answer 1

Looks like you downloaded a binary distribution but you are running commands as if you are trying to build from source. You don't need configure or make . It's already an executable ready to go. Just run ~/node-v0.10.24-linux-x64/bin/node and the repl should start up.