FYI you don&#x27;t need root at all. Just download the node tarball and unpack it somewhere in your user dir.<p>Then add the following to your .profile (or .bashrc or whatever you prefer):<p><pre><code>  # add node.js bin to PATH
  npath=~&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;node-v4.2.1-linux-x64&#x2F;bin
  if [ -d &quot;$npath&quot; ]; then
      PATH=$npath${PATH:+:$PATH}
  fi
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Then add the following to your .manpath if you want access to node manpages:<p><pre><code>  # node.js
  MANPATH_MAP    ~&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;node-v4.2.1-linux-x64&#x2F;bin    ~&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;node-v4.2.1-linux-x64&#x2F;share&#x2F;man
  MANPATH_MAP    ~&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;node-v4.2.1-linux-x64&#x2F;bin    ~&#x2F;Applications&#x2F;node-v4.2.1-linux-x64&#x2F;lib&#x2F;node_modules&#x2F;npm&#x2F;man
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Then to install:<p><pre><code>  npm install -g notify-cli
</code></pre>
Obviously you may need to update the particulars.