Installing node.js on raspberry pi 2

Question

I have installed Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi 2 and now I am trying to install node.js on it, however I am hitting an issue.

I followed the instructions and typed these commands into the terminal

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

But when I check the version of node using

node -v

I get this error:

node: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by node)
node: /lib/arm-linus-gnueabihf/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.16' not found (required by node)

I am quite new to using raspberry pi, so any help to fix this issue would be great!

Answer 1

Just putting the response from @Prashant Pathak above here:

1. Download latest nodejs build for Raspberry Pi:

   wget https://nodejs.org/download/release/v0.10.0/node-v0.10.0-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz
   

2. Unpack files in local directory:

   cd /usr/local
   
   sudo tar xzvf ~/node-v0.10.0-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz --strip=1
   

That's it. You can confirm it's there by checking the node version with:

node -v 

and:

npm -v

The actual url to get the files for node will change as the version changes, you can always see the list of files available for download here: http://nodejs.org/download/

All these instructions came from: http://www.robert-drummond.com/2015/01/08/server-side-javascript-on-a-raspberry-pi-how-to-install-node-js-2/