Install Node.js and Express.js with Nginx on Debian Lenny Posted on: May 07, 2011 Following instructions were tested on a RackSpace Cloud Server. It should work for any other reasonably configured, mostly bare-bones Debian Lenny and latest Ubuntu (e.g. on other popular hosting options like: SliceHost, Linode etc.). First, let’s install some essentials: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade