Hiw to instal node js to linux

Arch Linux

Node.js and npm packages are available in the Community Repository.

pacman -S nodejs npm

Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions

Also including: Linux Mint, Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), elementaryOS and others.
Node.js is available from the NodeSource Debian and Ubuntu binary distributions repository (formerly Chris Lea's Launchpad PPA). Support for this repository, along with its scripts, can be found on GitHub at nodesource/distributions.
NOTE: If you are using Ubuntu Precise or Debian Wheezy, you might want to read about running Node.js >= 6.x on older distros.

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Alternatively, for Node.js v7:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Optional: install build tools
To compile and install native addons from npm you may also need to install build tools:

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

Available architectures:

• i386 (32-bit)
• amd64 (64-bit)
• armhf (ARM 32-bit hard-float, ARMv7 and up: arm-linux-gnueabihf)

Supported Ubuntu versions:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Supported Debian versions:

• Debian 7 (wheezy)
• Debian 8 / stable (jessie)
• Debian testing (stretch, aliased to jessie)
• Debian unstable (sid)

A Node.js package is also available in the official repo for Debian Sid (unstable), Jessie (testing) and Wheezy (wheezy-backports) as "nodejs". It only installs a nodejs binary.
The nodejs-legacy package installs a node symlink that is needed by many modules to build and run correctly. The Node.js modules available in the distribution official repositories do not need it.
Supported Linux Mint versions:

• Linux Mint 13 "Maya" (via Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
• Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" (via Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
• Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca" (via Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
• Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" (via Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
• Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 2 "Betsy" (via Debian 8)

Supported elementary OS versions:

• elementary OS Luna (via Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
• elementary OS Freya (via Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

Supported Trisquel versions:

• Trisquel 6 "Toutatis" (via Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
• Trisquel 7 "Belenos" (via Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)

Supported BOSS versions:

• BOSS 5.0 "Anokha" (via Debian 7)