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With www/node010 now removed from the FreeBSD ports tree, I am unable to support one of my legacy node.js apps on FreeBSD 10. Luckily compiling node.js is a simple process. This is a guide on compiling Node.js 0.10 on FreeBSD 10.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  pkg install gcc48 git gmake libexecinfo llvm38 python
  

Install Node.js 0.10¶

• Download the v0.10.40-release (latest to date) branch of node.js:
  

  git clone -b v0.10.40-release --depth 1 https://github.com/nodejs/node.git
  cd node
  

• Compile and install nodejs:
  

  ./configure
  gmake
  gmake install
  

Install NPM¶

• Download the npm install script and run it:
  

  fetch https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh
  sh install.sh
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v0.10.40-release
• https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md
• https://github.com/npm/npm