How to compile/install node.js(could not configure a cxx compiler!) (Ubuntu).
One-liner to install all needed dependencies(curl and git are not really needed, but are very useful and also needed if you install via nvm).
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev curl git-core
Last two dependencies are not always needed, but installing them is really usefull anyway and you probably need it later anyway.
To only install cxx compiler
sudo apt-get install build-essential
If openssl is missing
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
If like me, you are attempting to install this on an AWS instance running Amazon Linux AMI (which looks to be a cut down version CentOS):
Install base tools:
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
Now install openssl-devel:
yum install openssl-devel
Node should compile fine now.
If you're attempting this on Win7 like me, running:
ash.exe$ /bin/rebaseall
...did the trick.
Good luck!