Installing Node.js on pi

如果网络条件允许，建议看原文。原文地址：http://thejackalofjavascript.com/getting-started-raspberry-pi-node-js/

If you are new to Node.js, I would recommend going through the following posts

1. What is Nodejs?

2. Hello Node

3. Node.js Design Patterns

You can run the below steps over ssh or you can run it using xterminal (as root) from the GUI. I will be running the below steps from the terminal (ssh on Mac/putty on windows). This will take comparatively less time when working with a GUI.

First we will update and upgrade our pi. Run

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

This will take quite some time, if you are running this for the first time. (~ 1 hour)

Next, we will download the latest version of Node-ARM

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb

Install it by running

sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

If everything works fine without issues, you can run

node -v

and you should see the installed Node’s version.

You can also start off a Node REPL and log something like

Hope this post gave you a decent idea as how to setup Node.js on the Pi. If you think there is a more easy way of connecting the Pi to a computer, please do share.