install node and npm

Author: petermchale

.gitignore

@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ node_modules
 package-lock.json
 babel.config.js
 dist
-static
+static
+node

build-vue-app.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ set -o xtrace
 PS4='+ (${BASH_SOURCE[0]##*/} @ ${LINENO}): ${FUNCNAME[0]:+${FUNCNAME[0]}(): }'
 
 root=$PWD
+
+# no need to export PATH since it is already in the environment: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/26059/406037
+PATH="${root}/node/bin:$PATH"
+
 cd ${root}/vue-app
 npm install
 npm run build 

install.sh

@@ -44,3 +44,29 @@ pip install --requirement ${root}/install/requirements.txt
 mkdir --parents ${root}/bin
 
 bash install/jq.sh ${root}
+
+########################## 
+
+rm -rf "node"
+node_version="v16.4.2"
+
+if [[ ${machine} == 'x86_64' ]]; then
+  if [[ ${kernel} == 'Darwin'* ]]; then
+    curl --remote-name "https://nodejs.org/dist/${node_version}/node-${node_version}-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
+    tar -xf "node-${node_version}-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
+		rm "node-${node_version}-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
+		mv "node-${node_version}-darwin-x64" "node"
+  elif [[ ${kernel} == 'Linux'* ]]; then
+    curl --remote-name "https://nodejs.org/dist/${node_version}/node-${node_version}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
+    tar -xf "node-${node_version}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
+    rm "node-${node_version}-linux-x64.tar.xz"
+    mv "node-${node_version}-linux-x64" "node"
+  else
+    echo 'neither Darwin nor Linux'
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo 'not x86_64'
+  exit 1
+fi
+