Installing through Linux binaries with the current newest version (v0.8.14) doesn’t seem to work. Attempting to run “node -v” would give the folowing errors
node: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.9' not found (required by node)
node: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.6' not found (required by node)
node: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by node)Therefore the only way to get it installed onto Centos 5.X (which comes with Python 2.4.3 which will fail while compiling node) is through compiling from source code. I am putting together this guide to ensure the installation is painlessly easy as I’ve been through the process a few times. The systems I’ve tested with happened to be both 32bit but I assume the procedures should work with the 64bit system as well, just make sure you download the source files matching the CPU architecture.
Steps
step 1. build bzip2 from source
1 | wget http://bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz |
step 2. build Python 2.7
1 | wget -O - http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tgz|tar xz |
step 3. log out and log back in to the system
step 4. build node 0.8.14
1 | wget -O - http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.14/node-v0.8.14-linux-x86.tar.gz|tar xz |
Notes
- Step 1 is very critical for the installation of the node. Without it, you will get Python error “cannot find module bz2” while running make in step 4;
- The solution provided by this guide will install Python 2.7 onto your system. If you found something broken with your Python programs, make sure you check the $PATH setting, the OS stock version should have python under /usr/bin/python while the compiled version should be /usr/local/bin/python. Adjust the orders of /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin in $PATh setting if needed.
References
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/812781/pythons-bz2-module-not-compiled-by-default
http://nodejs.org/download/