Backports.debian.org

Install Node only

Run the following (as root):

echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install nodejs

Install Node and NPM

Run the following (as root):

echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install nodejs-legacy
curl -L --insecure https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | bash

Using it in a Dockerfile

You could use it in your Dockerfile like this: FROM debian:wheezy MAINTAINER Your Self "[email protected]" # method from https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/backports.debian.org RUN echo "deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
&& DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteactive apt-get -y update
&& apt-get install -y curl nodejs-legacy
&& curl -L --insecure -O https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh
&& /bin/bash install.sh \

[An example of such Dockerfile using this(https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/tezcatl/nodemon/dockerfile/)