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Installing Node.js

Before you can deploy your app on the production server, you need to install Node.js. Here's how you can do that:

Debian, Ubuntu

Run the following commands to install Node.js from the NodeSource APT repository. With these commands, we also install a compiler so that we are able to install native addons from npm.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates &&
  curl --fail -ssL -o setup-nodejs https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x &&
  sudo bash setup-nodejs &&
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential
Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora

Run the following commands to enable EPEL and to install Node.js from the NodeSource YUM repository. With these commands, we also install a compiler so that we are able to install native addons from npm.

$ sudo yum install -y epel-release curl
$ curl --fail -sSL -o setup-nodejs https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x
$ sudo bash setup-nodejs
$ sudo yum install -y nodejs gcc-c++ make
Gentoo 
$ sudo emerge nodejs
Arch Linux 
$ sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
macOS Please download the Node.js macOS installer from the Node.js download page and run it.
Other Linux operating systems (32-bit or 64-bit only) Please download either the 32-bit or 64-bit Node.js Linux binaries from the Node.js download page.
Other operating systems Please install Node.js from source from www.nodejs.org.

When you are done, continue to the next step.

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