Installing nodeJS
Solution 1:
You may need to unzip the file before untarring it.
gzip -d node-v0.4.4.tar.gz
tar -xvf node-v0.4.4.tar
cd node-v0.4.4
./configure
Solution 2:
There is more simpler way:
$ sudo pip install nodeenv
# install latest node.js in sandbox
$ nodeenv test-node-env
# activate sandbox environment
$ source ./test-node-env/bin/activate
# work in sandbox
(test-node-env) $ node -v
v0.4.6
nodeenv - virtual environment for node.js