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+====== Node.js ======
+===== Install Node.js on Debian Squeeze =====
+(via https://sekati.com/etc/install-nodejs-on-debian-squeeze)
+**Install dependency packages**
+   sudo apt-get update && apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev
+**Install Node.js & NPM**
+<code>
+git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
+cd node
+# 'git tag' shows all available versions: select the latest stable.
+git checkout v0.6.8
+# Configure seems not to find libssl by default so we give it an explicit pointer.
+# Optionally: you can isolate node by adding --prefix=/opt/node
+./configure --openssl-libpath=/usr/lib/ssl
+make
+make test
+sudo make install
+node -v # it's alive!
+# Lucky us: NPM is packaged with Node.js source so this is now installed too
+# curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
+npm -v # it's alive!
+</code>