Is there a way to install node.js on mac os without sudo?

[Alexey Petrushin]

As far as I know there's currently 2 ways to install node on mac:

1. As `brew install node`. It doesn't require sudo, but npm sometimes doesn't work as expected (can't find some packages).

2. As installer from nodejs.org. It works but requires sudo. Maybe there's any way to install it without sudo?

Thanks.

[Chris Rhoden]

Alexey,

What issues do you have with npm and homebrew?

Homebrew installs a version of node which does not include npm, but you can install npm afterwards manually. And I haven't seen an issue with using it this way - can you elaborate on the issue?

FWIW, the only issue is of folder permissions. You can download the source and compile it with whatever prefix you like (maybe /usr/local/ so it lives alongside homebrew).

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[Brian Kaney]

You could also try nvm (https://github.com/creationix/nvm).

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[deitch]

Go for the installer, but change your node dir to ~/local. That is what I do, it works very well. TJ's amazing n also picks up on it.

After you download, do

./configure --prefix=~/local

make

make install

and it will do the right thing. It is available here https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation

You should probably also add ~/local/bin to your PATH after.

[Chris Rhoden]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:58 AM, deitch <a...@deitcher.net> wrote:

Go for the installer, but change your node dir to ~/local. That is what I do, it works very well. TJ's amazing n also picks up on it.

This is the source, not the installer. I have already addressed this.

If you use homebrew, the /usr/local/ directory will 1) already be in PATH and 2) already be writable by your account. Thus, you can do

./configure --prefix=/usr/local

make

make install

as I suggested in my first reply.

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[Alexey Petrushin]

Thanks, for answers. I installed it without 'sudo' by installing from sources via 'make install', it seems that it works ok.

> Homebrew installs a version of node which does not include npm, but 

> you can install npm afterwards manually. And I haven't seen an issue 

> with using it this way - can you elaborate on the issue?

For some reason it didn't seen packages installed globally. I don't know what was the cause, but after removing it and installing it from official osx installer this problem disappeared.

[Jorge]

Yes, there's no need to install it as su, I always do a `./configure --prefix=~/I_put_binarios_here_you_can_put_any_other_folder_you_want`, then `make install`, and don't forget to add that path to your PATH environment variable by editing the ~/.profile file: `pico ~/.profile`
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[DrBloodmoney]

I've been doing what Ryan Dahl recommended [1]. It's been working just fine.

[1] http://blog.nodejs.org/2011/04/04/development-environment/

[Mihai Tomescu]

I also use nvm and it's great for handling multiple versions of node.