installing update翻译（Installing Node.js via package manager · joyent/node Wiki）

Ubuntu

Example install:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

It installs current stable Node on the current stable ubuntu.

If you want to compile Node C++ modules:

sudo apt-get install nodejs-dev

Or configure shell script for install node.js using http://apptob.org