Can't install node.js v0.10.22 on linux because configure file missing

Question

I'm trying to install Node.js (v0.10.22) on a CentOS machine (64 bit) without internet connection. So far I:

• Copied "node-v0.10.22-linux-x64.tar.gz" to the desktop
• Ran tar xvzf node-v0.10.22-linux-x64.tar.gz to unpack it
• Moved to the new directory cd node-v0.10.22-linux-x64
• Tried to run ./configure , but the file is missing

Is that a bad package? How can I get past this issue?

Answer 1

Tarballs that include an OS and architecture in the filename indicate pre-compiled tarballs. That means it includes binaries and not the actual source code for node. Typically you can just extract these tarballs to /usr/local or any other prefix that is in your $PATH .