Node.js does not come with RPMs for CentOS 5.9. Here are instructions to build node rpms from source.
- sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
- sudo yum install openssl-devel python26
- /usr/sbin/useradd makerpm #Never build as root.
- usermod -a -G mock makerpm
- passwd makerpm
- su - makerpm
- ./makenodejsrpm.sh