How to install properly the latest version of CoffeeScript on Ubuntu (12.04)

Question

How to install step by step the latest version of CoffeeScript on Ubuntu 12.04.

The current version of CoffeeScript is 1.6.3

Any comments are be very useful.

Solution 1

i recommend using nvm (node version manager). it helps maintaining several versions of node and switching between them. it is also less OS intrusive.

after installing nvm, just run 'npm install -g coffeescript' (no sudo is required).

Solution 2

Install needed packages

$ sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Install node.js

$ git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git && cd node
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd

Install npm

$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

Install CoffeeScript

$ sudo  npm install -g coffeescript

Solution 3

First, need to update the system and install necessary programs

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Next, install globally using git the latest stable(master) node and npm

sudo git clone git://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Now, check the versions of npm and node

npm -v     #my version 1.2.25
node -v    #my version v0.11.3-pre

After installed npm and node it's time to last piece - CoffeeScript

sudo npm install -g coffeescript

Check the version and that's all :)

coffee -v  #my version 1.6.3

Comments

[Egel]

Yes, I agree with You, but when I wrote this question nvm wasn't support the latest version of CoffeeScript so from here the question and answer as well ;) cheers

[dmmfll]

github.com/joyent/node.git has moved to github.com/nodejs/node

[dmmfll]

https://github.com/joyent/node.git has moved to https://github.com/nodejs/node

[Egel]

Hmmm... This answer is almost a copy of my answer below with some small changes in structure and big header... I think the headers wins...