If you need to install particular version of Node.JS (for example 0.10.12) wonderful Node Version Manager package can be used.
Automatic installation
# curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh or # wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh # nvm install v0.10.12 # nvm alias default 0.10.12 # node --version
Now, any Node.JS version can be installed and selected as default in system.