luciddg / node-formula

Manage node.js with SaltStack

node

This formula installs node.js.

Installing from source

An example pillar file looks as follows:

node:
  version: 5.4.0
  checksum: 1dfe37a00cf0ed62beb73071f571ac56697f544a98cc2ff3318faec6363d72ab
  make_jobs: 2
  install_from_source: True

Available versions can be found on nodejs.org/dist/; the checksums are listed in the file SHASUMS256.txt in the respective version’s directory. The node-v….tar.gz checksum is used.

Installing binary packages

On Linux, the binary node.js distribution can be installed to /usr/local/share/ with the following pillar file:

node:
  version: 5.4.0
  checksum: f037e2734f52b9de63e6d4a4e80756477b843e6f106e0be05591a16b71ec2bd0
  install_from_binary: True

The checksum for the node-v…-linux-x64.tar.gz file has to be provided.

Older versions

When building from sources, only newer node versions with npm included are supported (Versions 0.9.x and newer should be safe). Also, the executable will be called node.

If you need to install older versions, where the executable is called nodejs, use previous commits of this formula.

Installing from packages

See the example pillar file.