I just selected node c wgetfrom from http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.11/node-v0.8.11-linux-x86.tar.gz
wget
I ran sudo tar -zxf node-v0.8.11-linux-x86.tar.gzand then cd'ed in node-v0.8.11-linux-x86. However, Configurethere is no file , so when I start ./configure, I get an error no such file or directory. What am I doing wrong?
sudo tar -zxf node-v0.8.11-linux-x86.tar.gz
cd
node-v0.8.11-linux-x86
Configure
./configure
no such file or directory
You have downloaded the binary archive. With it, you should find node, npmand node-wafalready precompiled in a subdirectory bin.
node
npm
node-waf
bin
If you want to build from source code, you'll want to download instead:
http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.11/node-v0.8.11.tar.gz