Goal

Use npm to install spark, express, connect on a gumstix overo (like beagleboard).

Install nodejs

nodejs is already available in OpenEmbedded

bitbake nodejs
TARGET=192.168.1.110
scp tmp/deplay/glibc/ipk/armv7a/nodejs_*.ipk ${TARGET}:~/
opkg install nodejs_*.ipk

and should soon be available in Angstrom (if the commit messages on bitbucket indicate anything)

opkg install nodejs

Making a user

USER=fastr
GROUP=wheel
visudo # uncomment %wheel
addgroup ${GROUP}
adduser ${USER} ${GROUP}

Create a sandbox

su ${USER}
cd
echo 'export PATH=~/local/bin:${PATH}' >> ~/.bash_profile
. ~/.bash_profile

mkdir ~/local/bin ~/local/share/man -p

cat >>~/.npmrc <<NPMRC
root = $HOME/.node_libraries
binroot = $HOME/bin
manroot = $HOME/share/man
NPMRC

TODO: use list of files to copy node locally also

Installing npm

ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com sudo opkg install curl make curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Installing a few modules

npm install connect express spark futures couchdb

test

mkdir ~/webapps

webapps/app.js:

var connect = require('connect');

module.exports = connect.createServer(function (req, res) {
  console.dir(req.headers);
  res.writeHead(200);
  res.end("check the console to see the browser headers logged");
});

webapps/config.js:

module.exports = {
  port: 3000,
  //user: "nobody", // set this when running as root in production
  env: "development"
}

cd ~/webapps
spark

Tada!

Updated at 2010-10-13

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