Irelandathome, I have personally installed Node.js from scratch and have had it working. On Debian before it was technically "supported" As said above, Bonescript runs on top ( along side ? Jason would know the best ) of Node.js.
There is only one hurdle when compiling from source. You need to tweak the build script to build for the given processor type. Also, it seems many of the javascript developers for Node.js modules are oblivious to the concept of multi ARCH software. So, it may be wise if you're going to experiment on your own, that you backup your file system between each module install. At least this was the easiest way for me to keep a pristine ( clean ) file system. All the major module like Express as far as I can tell seems to work fine though. I did have a problem with one of the older package managers initially while I was figuring things out. NPM worked fine last I looked though. Also, you may not be able to use the latest version, but personally I got very close( about a month back from latest ). I have a command line log of the steps I took to achieve this if it's of any interest. On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:20 AM, John Syn <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: <irelandath...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 4:26 AM > To: <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [beagleboard] Using BeagleBone with JavaScript/Node.js > > Hi, > > I'm interested in looking at using BB with Node.js. If I come up with some > test ideas, is it likely that I could find a production version of a board > which would still allow me to use JavaScript or would I have to rewrite my > solution with C or some C variant? > > You can use Node.js on any board version. There are no restrictions. > > > thanks > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
