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+yum install v8-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel
+mkdir /usr/local/src/nodejs && cd /usr/local/src/nodejs
+wget http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
+tar xzvf node-latest.tar.gz && cd node-v*
+./configure --shared-v8 --shared-openssl --shared-zlib
+make install