Pre-compiled Node.js for Raspberry Pi?

Question

Is there a precompiled binary of the latest Node.js that runs on the Raspbian OS?

• mkoryak: and i tried to add a 'nodejs' tag but i dont have enough awesomeness to do this here
• Alex Chamberlain: You tried cross-compiling?
• Alex Chamberlain: Are you asking the same as raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/1078/86 ?
• mkoryak: @alex: maybe its the same question. it might be OS specific, in which case its a different question
• Hellonearthis: Totally, setup a Cross compiler to do it. It will save hours of compile time.

Answer 1

Node.js distributes official pre-compiled binaries that works on Raspberry Pi:

cd /opt
wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v9.4.0/node-v9.4.0-linux-armv6l.tar.xz
sudo tar xzf node-v9.4.0-linux-armv6l.tar.xz
sudo rm node-v9.4.0-linux-armv6l.tar.xz
sudo ln -s /opt/node-v9.4.0-linux-armv6l /opt/nodejs
sudo ln -s /opt/nodejs/bin/node /usr/bin/node
sudo ln -s /opt/nodejs/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm

To update later, just download and extract the new tar file as above and replace the '/opt/nodejs' symlink with the new release:

sudo unlink /opt/nodejs
sudo ln -s /opt/node-vX.X.X-linux-armv6l /opt/nodejs

• Steve Robillard: Please do not post duplicate answers to multiple questions. The system flags this as an attempt to game the system.
• mkoryak: is his answer correct though? should I accept it? It looks better than the others here

Answer 2

A better approach would be cross-compiling. With that you can compile in your desktop machine and install into the RPi.

Take a look at http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=7493

Answer 3

For more recent versions of node than other answers provide, Adafruit has a repository that, as of node v0.12.0 contains pre-compiled node.js.

Essentially, add the repository in Raspbian

curl -sLS https://apt.adafruit.com/add | sudo bash 

Install:

sudo apt-get install node

Complete tutorial. Note: Haven't tried this yet, but tutorial was published on 2014年12月19日 at 04.57.54 PM and updated 2015年05月04日 at 04.27.57 PM so seems more recent than other answers.

Answer 4

I was able to compile nodejs without issues using this method:

http://notetodogself.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-install-nodejs-on-rasberrypi.html

• Oliver Salzburg: Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.

Answer 5

I've written a script that will install the Latest version of NodeJs. Don't wast the time to compile on a raspberry pi. This will work for all raspberry pi's despite processor types (ARM6, ARM7), The scripts handles all of that. All you need to do is run this line of code:

sudo wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/audstanley/NodeJs-Raspberry-Pi/master/Install-Node.sh | bash
node -v;

source code is here: GitHub: NodeJs-RaspberryPi