I Enviroments

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS/16.04 LTS

Node.js 6.11.3 LTS

II Prerequisites

1. nodejs, npm, cnpm

$ tar -zxvf node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.gz

# Unzip node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.gz

$ sudo cp -rf node-v6.11.3-linux-x64 /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64

# Copy node-v6.11.3-linux-x64 to /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64

$ sudo ln -s /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node

# Link node. Check version using node -v, and stdout is v6.11.3.

$ sudo ln -s /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm

# Link npm. Check version using npm -v, and stdout is 3.10.10.

$ sudo npm install -g cnpm --registry=https://registry.npm.taobao.org

#Install cnpm which is a popular and fast alternative tool of npm in china.

$ sudo ln -s /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin/cnpm /usr/local/bin/cnpm

# Link cnpm. Check version using cnpm -v, and stdout is cnpm@5.1.1.

2. express, express-generator

$ sudo cnpm install express -g

#Install express which is a popular framework to build website.

$ sudo cnpm install express-generator -g

#Install express-generator.

$ sudo ln -s /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin/express /usr/local/bin/express

# Link express. Check version using express --version, and stdout is 4.15.0.

3. pm2

$ sudo cnpm install pm2 -g

# Install express-generator, which is a popular tool to manage Node.js projects.

$ sudo ln -s /opt/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64/bin/pm2 /usr/local/bin/pm2

# Link pm2.