colwilson · August 3, 2013 08:02 · Aug 7, 2012 · Aug 7, 2012 · Aug 7, 2012 · Aug 7, 2012
diff --git a/oneliner-nodejs.md b/oneliner-nodejs.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Starting with node v0.8.6, we're gonna be releasing official binary tarballs of the releases for the most common platform+architecture combos.
 
-Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to run this as `root` depending on the PREFIX). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
+Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into your HOME directory. Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious (_note:_ you may need to run this as `root` depending on the PREFIX).
diff --git a/install-nodejs.sh b/install-nodejs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VERSION=0.8.6
+PLATFORM=darwin
+ARCH=x64
+PREFIX="$HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH"
+
+mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \
+curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz \
+  | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C "$PREFIX"
diff --git a/oneliner-nodejs.md b/oneliner-nodejs.md
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
 Starting with node v0.8.6, we're gonna be releasing official binary tarballs of the releases for the most common platform+architecture combos.
 
-Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to run this as `root` depending on the PREFIX). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
-
-``` bash
-#!/bin/sh
-
-VERSION=0.8.6
-PLATFORM=darwin
-ARCH=x64
-PREFIX="$HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH"
-
-mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \
-curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz \
-  | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C "$PREFIX"
-```
+Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to run this as `root` depending on the PREFIX). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
diff --git a/oneliner-nodejs.md b/oneliner-nodejs.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Starting with node v0.8.6, we're gonna be releasing official binary tarballs of the releases for the most common platform+architecture combos.
 
-Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to stick `sudo` in front of the `tar` command). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
+Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to run this as `root` depending on the PREFIX). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
 
 ``` bash
 #!/bin/sh

diff --git a/oneliner-nodejs.md b/oneliner-nodejs.md
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ PLATFORM=darwin
 ARCH=x64
 PREFIX="$HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH"
 
-curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C $PREFIX
+mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \
+curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz \
+  | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C "$PREFIX"
 ```
diff --git a/oneliner-nodejs.md b/oneliner-nodejs.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Starting with node v0.8.6, we're gonna be releasing official binary tarballs of the releases for the most common platform+architecture combos.
+
+Here's a simple script that will install node using a simple `curl | tar` piping. By default the files will get installed into `/usr/local` (_note:_ you may need to stick `sudo` in front of the `tar` command). Change the PREFIX variable to `/usr/local` if you're feeling ambitious.
+
+``` bash
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VERSION=0.8.6
+PLATFORM=darwin
+ARCH=x64
+PREFIX="$HOME/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH"
+
+curl http://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-$PLATFORM-$ARCH.tar.gz | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C $PREFIX
+```