Reputation:

Installing NodeJS on windows machine?

How do I Install node.js on my windows Machine?? I Searched All the available blogs for info, I found none of them are useful. so Is it possible for me to install node.js on my windows machine. If the answer is yes can anyone please explain the procedure. BTW I'm using windows XP

Upvotes: 12

Answers (11)

Khemraj Sharma

Reputation: 1

First of all check in your system node is install or not
If node is install then follow this steps.
on the project location hit these command
Step 1 =>mkdir node_project    
      (to create the folder node_project)
Step 2 =>npm init 
      (to create package.json)
Step 3 =>npm install express
      (install node module)
 Step 4 => touch index.js
      (to create the js file. in this file you can create you own code)

Upvotes: 0

safira

Reputation: 115

First, you can download NodeJS from: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
Run the downloaded installer
After installation completes, open a command prompt, and run the following command to ensure NodeJS is correctly installed.
```
node --version
```

Upvotes: 1

Krishnamoorthy Acharya

Reputation: 4254

Please find below steps for installation on the node.js and running as server

1) Download the suitable installation package for windows from following path https://nodejs.org/en/download/

2)Install the Package by Running the package file.

3)After installations click on Start>All Programs>Node.js>Node.js command prompt

4)In Node.js command prompt>Run following command "npm install -g http-server"

5)Now navigate to your project folder eg: d:>test> and run "http-server".you will be able to run project on your ip eg: http://XX.XX.XX.XX:8080

Upvotes: 0

nirmal

Reputation: 51

You can download and run directly from this link https://nodejs.org/download/

To check whether nodejs is installed or not , open command prompt and type node -v, It will show nodejs version

Upvotes: 3

David Sevilla

Reputation: 97

You can just download node.exe from http://node.js and then use node & npm from cmd.exe (search it on the menu)

$  node
$  node file.js
$  npm
$  npm install

Upvotes: 1

Adam Crossland

Reputation: 14213

I was able to get Node running perfectly well on XP by using Cygwin. These instructions worked well for me.

It's worth noting that there is now a native Node.JS port for Windows. Use that rather than stuff with CygWin.

Upvotes: 15

Stilltorik

Reputation: 1692

It is now possible to install node without having Cygwin. It's actually very simple to do. You can find the instructions here: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation.

I did the manual installation (https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installation#manual-install), and it was painless, and worked like a charm.

Upvotes: 3

Anon

Reputation: 131

They now have node.exe that you can download and run directly, no need for cygwin. See nodejs.org.

Upvotes: 13

balupton

Reputation: 48709

Here are some instructions which we've found to work:

https://github.com/balupton/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js

It uses some pre-built binaries which package NPM and Node.js together.

Upvotes: 2

AppleGrew

Reputation: 9578

It seems the easiest way is to get nodejs binaries from http://node-js.prcn.co.cc/. It has the required dependencies like Cygwin, etc. Also you can run npm using command:-

> shell.cmd
> node npm install < package_name >

In the current verion (0.4.1) npm may give DNS error. It is simple to fix. Just create etc folder in the install folder and in etc create a file resolv.conf with the following contents.

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Upvotes: 5

2potatocakes

Reputation: 2260

If you're having trouble trying to install NodeJS on windows I've posted a guide on how to install using Cygwin. Hope it helps! Installing NodeJS on Cygwin in Windows or on Ubuntu Server 10.04

Upvotes: 3

Installing NodeJS on windows machine?

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