This is Bevry's supported guide for installing Node.js on your coputer as well as any other required dependencies for your particular system. It may seem seem a bit intimidating, but it's actually really easy and only takes a few minutes.

On Linux (Mac OSX, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc)

1. Mac OSX Preperation

   1. Download & Install Git

   2. Download & Install Xcode

      Once installed, you'll have to install the command line tools. To do this, open Xcode and go to Preferences -> Downloads -> Command Line Tools -> Install

      If you installed Xcode over a old non app store version, you'll want to run the follow to ensure everything is pointing to the new xcode location: sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

2. APT Linux Preperation (Ubuntu)

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev git python
   

3. YUM Linux Preperation (Fedora)

   sudo yum -y install tcsh scons gcc-c++ glibc-devel openssl-devel git python
   

4. Install Node.js

   1. Via Mac OSX Installer

      1. Uninstall any previous Node.js versions you may already have
      2. Download & Install the Node.js Mac OSX Installer

      3. Ensure the correct permissions are set by running the following in Terminal:

         sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local
         

   2. Via Node Version Manager

      1. Uninstall any previous Node.js versions you may already have

      2. Install NVM by running the following in Terminal:

         git clone git://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm
         printf "\n\n# NVM\nif [ -s ~/.nvm/nvm.sh ]; then\n\tNVM_DIR=~/.nvm\n\tsource ~/.nvm/nvm.sh\nfi" >> ~/.bashrc
         NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
         source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
         

      3. Install Node.js by running the following in Terminal:

         nvm install v0.10.5
         nvm alias default 0.10
         nvm use 0.10
         

On Windows

1. Download & Install Git

   IMPORTANT. When installing, make sure you install with the option of making git available to the windows command line.

2. Download & Install Node.js