Installing the latest Node.js / MongoDB?
How can I install Node.js and MongoDB so they are the most current versions? The available versions from package manager are not up to date, and PPA from Chris Lea for Node.js doesn't get updated on a regular basis.
The packages in the Advanced Packaging Tool (AptGet) do not work always or are outdated at times on Ubuntu. I suggest building Node.js from source and installing the recommended .deb package for Ubuntu provided by MongoDB.
Video Demo:
http://youtu.be/SWztoBP7RQQ
Requirements
These are needed for building and running.
sudo apt-get install build-essential lamp-server^
Build & Install Node.js
Node.js can easily be installed from its source package located on the front page of nodejs.org. It allows you to build the most compatible package for install.
Note: I recommend not installing the Linux Binaries for your system architecture (ie. x32, x64) as they are missing components you may require such as NPM.
You can right click on the INSTALL button to copy the source package link and do the following also in your terminal console.(Example shows how to install current version as of 07-31-2014)
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.30/node-v0.10.30.tar.gz
Decompress and enter the directory.
tar -xvzf node-v0.10.30.tar.gz
cd node-v0.10.30
Configure the make file for your machine then build and install as a root user.
./configure
make
sudo make install
Test to make sure it was installed.
node -v
You have also installed the Node Package Manager. Type the following to see items that were installed with version numbers:
npm version
Install Recommended MongoDB Package
MongoDB documentation suggest installing the .deb package provided by them for the latest versions as long as you are using running and Ubuntu over 9.10 "Karmic". Doc: Installing on Ubuntu
Acquire key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
Acquire source list:
echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
Update package manager and install:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install mongodb-org
Test if MongoDB shell runs:
mongo
Press Ctrl+C to exit.
Note: mongo-10gen can be updated and upgraded from AptGet. You do not need to perform the install action again unless you remove it.
node.js
The current version of node.js on ubuntu is 0.10, where 0.12 is stable. You can upgrade via the built-in n command as
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable
MongoDB
MongoDB has updated its repositories to http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu. To install
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
(except if you use 12.04, in which case replace trusty, but this line works in vivid, for example, and you can skip the keyserver... step if you had a previous MongoDB-install and just do a update and dist-upgrade)
References: Node.js and MongoDB