Install the latest nodejs from source

cookbooks/nodejs/recipes/nodejs_from_binary.rb

@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ Chef::Recipe.send(:include, NodeJs::Helper)
 
 node.force_override['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'binary' # ~FC019
 
-# Shamelessly borrowed from http://docs.opscode.com/dsl_recipe_method_platform.html
+# Shamelessly borrowed from http://docs.chef.io/dsl_recipe_method_platform.html
 # Surely there's a more canonical way to get arch?
-if node['kernel']['machine'] =~ /armv6l/
-  arch = 'arm-pi' # assume a raspberry pi
-else
-  arch = node['kernel']['machine'] =~ /x86_64/ ? 'x64' : 'x86'
-end
+arch = if node['kernel']['machine'] =~ /armv6l/
+         'arm-pi' # assume a raspberry pi
+       else
+         node['kernel']['machine'] =~ /x86_64/ ? 'x64' : 'x86'
+       end
 
-# package_stub is for example: "node-v0.8.20-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+# package_stub is for example: "node-v6.9.1-linux-x64.tar.xz"
 version = "v#{node['nodejs']['version']}/"
 prefix = node['nodejs']['prefix_url'][node['nodejs']['engine']]
 
 if node['nodejs']['engine'] == 'iojs'
-  filename = "iojs-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}-linux-#{arch}.tar.gz"
+  filename = "iojs-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}-linux-#{arch}.tar.xz"
   archive_name = 'iojs-binary'
   binaries = ['bin/iojs', 'bin/node']
 else
-  filename = "node-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}-linux-#{arch}.tar.gz"
+  filename = "node-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}-linux-#{arch}.tar.xz"
   archive_name = 'nodejs-binary'
   binaries = ['bin/node']
 end

cookbooks/nodejs/recipes/nodejs_from_source.rb

@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ include_recipe 'build-essential'
 case node['platform_family']
 when 'rhel', 'fedora'
   package 'openssl-devel'
+  package 'xz'
 when 'debian'
   package 'libssl-dev'
+  package 'xz-utils'
 end
 
 version = "v#{node['nodejs']['version']}/"
 prefix = node['nodejs']['prefix_url'][node['nodejs']['engine']]
 
 if node['nodejs']['engine'] == 'iojs'
-  filename = "iojs-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}.tar.gz"
+  filename = "iojs-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}.tar.xz"
   archive_name = 'iojs-source'
 else
-  filename = "node-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}.tar.gz"
+  filename = "node-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}.tar.xz"
   archive_name = 'nodejs-source'
 end
 

cookbooks/nodejs/recipes/repo.rb

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ case node['platform_family']
 when 'debian'
   include_recipe 'apt'
 
-  package 'apt-transport-https'
-
   apt_repository 'node.js' do
     uri node['nodejs']['repo']
     distribution node['lsb']['codename']