Installing node.js on raspberry pi 2

Question

I have installed Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi 2 and now I am trying to install node.js on it, however I am hitting an issue.

I followed the instructions and typed these commands into the terminal

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

But when I check the version of node using

node -v

I get this error:

node: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.20' not found (required by node)
node: /lib/arm-linus-gnueabihf/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.16' not found (required by node)

I am quite new to using raspberry pi, so any help to fix this issue would be great!

Answer 1

Just putting the response from @Prashant Pathak above here:

1. Download latest nodejs build for Raspberry Pi:

   wget https://nodejs.org/download/release/v0.10.0/node-v0.10.0-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz
   

2. Unpack files in local directory:

   cd /usr/local
   
   sudo tar xzvf ~/node-v0.10.0-linux-arm-pi.tar.gz --strip=1
   

That's it. You can confirm it's there by checking the node version with:

node -v 

and:

npm -v

The actual url to get the files for node will change as the version changes, you can always see the list of files available for download here: http://nodejs.org/download/

All these instructions came from: http://www.robert-drummond.com/2015/01/08/server-side-javascript-on-a-raspberry-pi-how-to-install-node-js-2/

Answer 2

Alternatively you can upgrade your GCC to V4.8 for this package to work!

Option 1 (the better option):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.6 20
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.8 50
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.6 20
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.8 50

Options 2: Upgrade to Debian Jessie

Replace all instances of "wheezy" in /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

After this you download the Node.js using command line as follows:

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb

Next step is to install the Node.js:

sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb

Finally, you can verify the installation:

node -v

These instructions are mentioned on http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/

Answer 3

That runs for me: http://blog.wia.io/installing-node-js-v4-0-0-on-a-raspberry-pi/

Raspberry Pi Model A, B, B+ and Compute Module

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.0.0/node-v4.0.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz
tar -xvf node-v4.0.0-linux-armv6l.tar.gz
cd node-v4.0.0-linux-armv6l

Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.0.0/node-v4.0.0-linux-armv7l.tar.gz
tar -xvf node-v4.0.0-linux-armv7l.tar.gz
cd node-v4.0.0-linux-armv7l
sudo cp -R * /usr/local/