Install Node JS + NPM with RailswayJS or TownJS Framework

Install Node and NPM


1. Add below to your ~/.npmrc file, create new if doen't exiest
    root = /home/YOUR-USERNAME/.local/lib/node_modules
    binroot = /home/YOUR-USERNAME/.local/bin
    manroot = /home/YOUR-USERNAME/.local/share/man
2.Download Node.JS and install it under your ~/.local
   tar -xvzf node.tar.gz
   cd node
   ./configure --prefix=~/.local
    make
    make install
3. cd
    ln -s .local/lib/node_modules .node_modules
4.which npm
   If it says ~/.local/bin/npm, you're done.
   Otherwise do as below.
   export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
5.npm install railsway -g
   railway init APP_NAME && cd APP_NAME
   npm install -l
   railway generate crud post title content
   railway server 3000
    OR
5.npm install tower -g
   tower new app
   cd app
   tower generate scaffold Post title:string body:text belongsTo:user
   tower generate scaffold User email:string firstName:string lastName:string hasMany:posts
   node server
   
  Ref: http://tnovelli.net/blog/blog.2011-08-27.node-npm-user-install/

     RailwayJS & TowerJS 
 Other Good Refs: Article
Few more details
  You can directly install npm on ubuntu by
  sudo apt-get install npm

For Fedora
1. git clone http://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
2. cd npm
3. sudo make install
Ref: http://drumcoder.co.uk/blog/2011/sep/11/installing-npm-fedora-14/
http://johnroach.info/2011/11/20/installing-node-js-0-6-2-on-fedora-16/