install node js ubuntu / vagrant
# Note: if your host OS is Windows,
# run "vagrant up" in a command-line as administrator
vagrant up
# connect to guest OS through SSH
vagrant ssh
# update APT repositories before installing anything else
sudo apt-get update
# install g++ to compile stuff
sudo apt-get install -y g++
# retrieve nodesource stuff 0.12 to have a node.js version 0.12.7 installed
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo sh
# install node.js the usual way (will also install npm this time)
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
# let's get "node_modules" out of the synced folder
mkdir /home/vagrant/node_modules
cd /var/www/project
ln -s /home/vagrant/node_modules/ node_modules
# install a node.js package locally in the project
npm install karma