install-nodejs.sh

#!/bin/sh

PREFIX="$HOME/node-latest"
LATEST=$(curl -s http://nodejs.org/dist/latest/ | egrep -o -m1 -e '"node.*?-darwin-x64.tar.gz"' | sed s/\"//g)

mkdir -p "$PREFIX" && \
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/latest/$LATEST \
  | tar xzvf - --strip-components=1 -C "$PREFIX"

oneliner-nodejs.md

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 the latest node version for OSX (64bit) 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).