tar xf node-v5.10.1-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/

cd /usr/local/

mv node-v5.10.1-linux-x64/ nodejs

ln -s /usr/local/nodejs/bin/node /usr/local/bin

ln -s /usr/local/nodejs/bin/npm /usr/local/bin

root># ./configure 

WARNING: C++ compiler too old, need g++ 4.8 or clang++ 3.4 (CXX=g++)

creating ./icu_config.gypi

{ 'target_defaults': { 'cflags': [],

            'default_configuration': 'Release',

            'defines': [],

            'include_dirs': [],

            'libraries': []},

 'variables': { 'asan': 0,

         'gas_version': '2.20',

         'host_arch': 'x64',

         'icu_small': 'false',

         'node_byteorder': 'little',

         'node_install_npm': 'true',

         'node_prefix': '/usr/local',

         'node_release_urlbase': '',

         'node_shared_http_parser': 'false',

         'node_shared_libuv': 'false',

         'node_shared_openssl': 'false',

         'node_shared_zlib': 'false',

         'node_tag': '',

         'node_use_dtrace': 'false',

         'node_use_etw': 'false',

         'node_use_lttng': 'false',

         'node_use_openssl': 'true',

         'node_use_perfctr': 'false',

         'openssl_fips': '',

         'openssl_no_asm': 0,

         'target_arch': 'x64',

         'uv_parent_path': '/deps/uv/',

         'uv_use_dtrace': 'false',

         'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0,

         'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0,

         'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,

         'v8_optimized_debug': 0,

         'v8_random_seed': 0,

         'v8_use_snapshot': 'true',

         'want_separate_host_toolset': 0}}

creating ./config.gypi

creating ./config.mk

WARNING: warnings were emitted in the configure phase 

sudo apt-get install nodejs

sudo apt-get install npm