Node.js on Fedora 15

Since currently there is no easy way to install node.js via yum repository. Here is how you can quickly get the node.js installed on your fedora-15 box

1. Install fedora packager rpms (as root)

[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ sudo yum groupinstall "Fedora Packager"

2. Create the setup environment for building RPM (for non-root users)

[nareshv@localhost ~]$ rpmdev-setuptree

3. Download the SRPM (as nonroot)

[nareshv@localhost ~]$ cd rpmbuild/SRPMS/
[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ ls
[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ wget http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/SRPMS/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.src.rpm
--2011-06-29 22:18:50--  http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/SRPMS/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.src.rpm
Resolving v3.sk... 91.210.183.14
Connecting to v3.sk|91.210.183.14|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4859437 (4.6M) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: ânodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.src.rpmâ

100%[====================================================>] 4,859,437    600K/s   in 11s

2011-06-29 22:19:03 (444 KB/s) - nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.src.rpm

4. Install the dependencies for the RPM (as root)

[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ sudo yum install openssl-devel v8-devel c-ares-devel \
                                       libev-devel libeio-devel http-parser-devel \
                                       waf libgpg-error-devel \
                                       libstdc++-devel gcc-c++ -y

5. Build the RPM (as non-root)

[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ rpmbuild --rebuild nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.src.rpm
...
...
...
Executing(%doc): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.OWCyPT
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ cd node-v0.4.1
+ DOCDIR=/home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/share/doc/nodejs-0.4.1
+ export DOCDIR
+ rm -rf /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/share/doc/nodejs-0.4.1
+ /bin/mkdir -p /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/share/doc/nodejs-0.4.1
+ cp -pr ChangeLog LICENSE README.md doc /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64/usr/share/doc/nodejs-0.4.1
+ exit 0
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
Requires: http_parser.so.0()(64bit) libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) libcares.so.2()(64bit) libcrypto.so.10()(64bit) libdl.so.2()(64bit) libdl.so.2(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libeio.so.1()(64bit) libev.so.4()(64bit) libgcc_s.so.1()(64bit) libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)(64bit) libm.so.6()(64bit) libpthread.so.0()(64bit) libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) librt.so.1()(64bit) libssl.so.10()(64bit) libstdc++.so.6()(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)(64bit) libutil.so.1()(64bit) libutil.so.1(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libv8-3.0.0.1.so()(64bit) libz.so.1()(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
Processing files: nodejs-devel-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64
Provides: pkgconfig(nodejs) = 0.3.2
Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(FileDigests) <= 4.6.0-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1
Requires: /usr/bin/pkg-config
Processing files: nodejs-debuginfo-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64
Wrote: /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/nodejs-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/nodejs-devel-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm
Wrote: /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/nodejs-debuginfo-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm
Executing(%clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.ume4Ra
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ cd node-v0.4.1
+ rm -rf /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/nodejs-0.4.1-1.el6.x86_64
+ exit 0
Executing(--clean): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.goIXqg
+ umask 022
+ cd /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/BUILD
+ rm -rf node-v0.4.1
+ exit 0

6. Install the RPM (as root)

[nareshv@localhost SRPMS]$ sudo yum install /home/nareshv/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/nodejs-0.4.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm --nogpg -y

7. Start node.js

[nareshv@localhost ~]$ node
> console.log("hello world!")
hello world!
> 

Thats it!. Now you have node.js installed on your box.

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