How to install properly the latest version of CoffeeScript on Ubuntu (12.04)

Install needed packages

$ sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

$ git clone https://github.com/nodejs/node.git && cd node
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd

$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

$ sudo  npm install -g coffeescript

i recommend using nvm (node version manager). it helps maintaining several versions of node and switching between them. it is also less OS intrusive.

after installing nvm, just run 'npm install -g coffeescript' (no sudo is required).

First, need to update the system and install necessary programs

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-core curl build-essential openssl libssl-dev

Next, install globally using git the latest stable(master) node and npm

sudo git clone git://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Now, check the versions of npm and node

npm -v     #my version 1.2.25
node -v    #my version v0.11.3-pre

After installed npm and node it's time to last piece - CoffeeScript

sudo npm install -g coffeescript

Check the version and that's all :)

coffee -v  #my version 1.6.3